Fireproof  Construction 
To  Compete  With  Wood 


Residence,  807  E.  Adams  St.,  F.  A.  and  E.  C.  Church,  Contractors,  355  W.  Colvin  St.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

“  $uilt  Like  a  thermos  pottle  ” 


Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co. 

718  Chamber  of  Commerce  Bldg. 
Rochester,  N.Y.,  U.  S.  A. 


Copyright  1914  by  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co. 


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PERMANENT  EXHIBIT 

At  Space  805 

Craftsman  Home  Builders’  Exposition 

6  East  39th  St . ,  New  York  City 


Our  Hollow  Wall  Machines  may  be  seen  there  at 
any  time  and  demonstration  of  Double  Concrete  Walls 
having  a  Continuous  Air  Space,  also  our  Single  Wall 
Concrete  Partitions. 

All  details  of  construction  are  in  full  view 

Fireproof  Floor  Construction  is  shown  in  full 
detail  with  Composition  Surface  in  Colors,  also 
plaster  and  stucco  applied  directly  to  walls  and  our  new 
fireproof  and  waterproof  color  finish. 

When  in  New  York  do  not  fail  to  see  this  exhibit 


Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co. 


Craftsman  Building 


From  Ocean  to  Ocean  Users  of  Our  System  are  Meeting  with  Success 

SIX  YEARS  IN  USE  .-.  FOURTH  YEAR  ON  THE  MARKET 


Congratulatory  letters,  some  of  which  are  printed  in  this  catalogue,  are  pouring  into  our  office  from 
all  sections  of  the  country  direct  from  the  people  occupying  buildings  erected  by  our  method. 

The  value  of  the  Van  Guilder  System  has  been  proved  and  the  construction  established  in  popular 
favor  through  the  satisfaction  it  has  given  to  owners  and  occupants. 

The  Dream  of  Years  Materializing 

This  year,  1914,  the  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Company  is  bringing  forward  sanitary,  fireproof  con¬ 
struction  to  compete  approximately  with  frame  buildings. 

Our  System  is  the  first  one  ever  devised  to  make  this  possible. 

We  are  waging  a  country-wide  war  against  long  established  and  firmly  entrenched  customs. 

We  are  imploring  the  people  to  build  everlasting  and  fire-resisting  dwellings,  to  safeguard  life  and 
property  and  stop  the  great  waste  of  upkeep. 


Cut  No.  1.  Typical  Fire  Proof  House.  Rees  &  Ade,  Architects,  344  East  Avenue,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


Cut  No.  2 


The  above  cut  illustrates  the  design  of  a  residence  modern 
in  every  appointment. 

The  plan  shows  the  general  arrangement  of  first  floor,  and 
the  cut  of  the  exterior  shows  the  predominating  horizontal 
line  effect,  typical  of  concrete  houses.  The  walls  and  parti¬ 
tions  are  designed  for  Van  Guilder  Construction.  The  first 
story  is  veneered  with  buff  pressed  brick,  second  story  stuccoed. 
Roof,  cornices,  floors  and  partitions  are  of  concrete. 

One  of  the  advantages  of  the  Hollow  Wall  concrete  de¬ 
signed  house  is,  that  it  will  permit  the  use  of  a  fiat  roof,  with¬ 
out  injuring  the  appearance  by  having  a  commercial  aspect. 
A  flat  roof  costs  about  half  that  of  a  pitch  roof,  but  flat  roofs 
are  not  practical  in  the  ordinary  wood  construction  owing  to 
the  fact  that  there  is  not  much  opportunity  to  circulate  the  air 
between  roof  joists  and  ceiling  and  in  summer  it  becomes  in¬ 
tensely  hot,  causing  the  sleeping  rooms  on  second  floor  to 
be  intolerable. 

But,  with  the  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  system  there  can  be 
a  free  circulation  of  air  through  the  attic  by  inserting  flues, 
marked  “F”  in  floor  plan,  in  the  hollow  walls  running  with¬ 
out  obstruction  from  cellar  to  attic. 


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At  the  bottom  of  the  flues,  openings  are  left  in  the  walls. 
These  openings  are  fitted  with  shutters  that  can  be  operated 
at  will  and  closed  entirely  in  winter.  There  are  also  low,  flat 
cupolas  placed  on  roof  with  shutters.  By  this  means  free  cir¬ 
culation  of  air  can  be  had  under  the  roof  and  the  chambers 
kept  cool. 

This  concrete  ventilating  system,  made  possible  only  by 


the  hollow  wall,  together  with  the  abundance  of  light  through 
large  windows  as  the  illustration  shows,  with  all  the  other 
modern  equipment,  makes  an  abode  second  to  none  in  the 
preservation  and  maintenance  of  life  and  health,  and  stands 
in  the  front  rank  of  the  hot  pace  set  by  modern  designers 
for  the  best  and  most  efficient  construction.  The  architects 
are  Rees  &  Ade,  344  East  Avenue,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


Cut  No.  3.  We  publish  this  cut  to  show  the  usual  type  of  construction 
permitted  in  many  cities  and  towns. 


The  above  cut  shows  a  common  type  of  apartment 
house  which  is  better  than  all  wood  construction,  yet 
the  inside  is  a  network  of  wood  partitions  and  floors 
that  by  a  slight  accident  may  quickly  become  a  raging 
furnace.  If  a  fire  should  occur  in  the  night  whai 
chance  would  the  100  or  more  people  sleeping  among 
this  inflammable  material  have  for  their  lives? 

Why  should  you  risk  your  hard-earned  money  and 
house  your  family  in  a  building  that  can  be  destroyed 
by  fire  in  a  few  minutes,  when  you  can  have  fireproof 
construction  for  substantially  the  same  money? 

Our  fathers  built  with  the  material  they  had  at  hand 
and  the  best  they  knew,  but  how  far  short  of  ideal 
these  methods  are  is  shown  by  a  statement  of  fire 
losses. 

Last  year  this  nation’s  fire  loss  was  $250,000,000 — 
$2.50  for  every  man,  woman  and  child  in  America. 

European  countries  have  long  been  forced  to  adopt 
more  substantial  building  methods  and  their  fire  losses 
in  1912  were  3c  to  54c  per  capita. 

The  great  advances  made  in  the  production  of  fire¬ 
proof  material,  combined  with  the  growing  scarcity 
of  lumber,  have  removed  the  one  excuse — cheapness — 
for  buildings  which  can  be  destroyed  by  fire,  and  it  is 


our  purpose  to  educate  the  people  to  an  appreciation 
of  this  fact. 

This  book  is  in  no  sense  a  treatise  on  fireproof  con¬ 
struction  but  the  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Machines 
have  solved  the  two  most  troublesome  problems,  those 
of  absolutely  fireproof  walls  and  partitions  at  moderate 
cost. 

Our  concrete  walls  and  partitions  offer  a  greater 
resistance  to  fire  than  any  other  known  construction, 
yet  cost  much  less  than  any  other  fire-resisting  mater¬ 
ial.  This  saving  balances  the  extra  cost  of  fireproof 
floors,  roof,  etc. 

Fireproof  Floors 

Metal  lumber  is  a  good  and  economical  material  for 
floor  joists  and  is  not  expensive.  On  these  joists  a  re¬ 
inforced  concrete  floor  is  laid.  Concrete  was  never 
intended  for  a  finished  floor.  An  elastic  composition 
floor  thick  should  be  laid  on  top  of  the  concrete 
and  turned  up  the  walls  to  form  a  sanitary  base. 

This  composition  floor  is  very  easy  and  warm  to 
the  feet.  It  is  noiseless,  waterproof,  dustproof,  sani¬ 
tary,  fireproof  and  has  a  beautiful  gray  or  colored 
surface,  smooth  but  not  slippery. 

This  flooring  has  been  in  use  in  Germany  and  Eng¬ 
land  for  years  and  is  rapidly  gaining  in  popularity  in 
this  country. 


When  writing  to  people  whose  addresses  are  given  in  our  literature,  kindly  inclose 
a  self  addressed  and  stamped  return  envelope. 


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Fireproof  Stairs 

In  fireproof  construction  the  stairs  are  an  important 
feature.  These  are  built  practically  the  same  as  the 
floors.  The  metal  lumber  is  cut  to  the  right  dimen¬ 
sions  at  the  factory  and  is  easily  and  economically 
placed.  The  treads  are  of  reinforced  concrete  with 
polished  composition  surface  like  the  floors. 

Roof 

The  type  of  fireproof  roof  to  be  selected  depends 
largely  on  the  nature  and  size  of  the  building. 

Our  advisory  bureau  will  be  glad  to  take  up  the 
questions  of  fireproof  floors,  roofs  and  stairs  or  any 
other  matters  pertaining  to  fireproof  construction  with 
parties  who  contemplate  building  with  our  system. 

Windows  and  Doors 

Metal  window  and  door  frames  for  factory  construc¬ 
tion  can  be  installed  at  a  price  but  little  in  excess  of 
wood,  but  for  dwellings,  schools,  etc.,  satisfactory  ad¬ 
justable  metal  sash,  doors,  and  frames  cost  consider¬ 
ably  more  than  wood.  They  are  of  course  desirable 
where  cost  is  not  too  important  a  consideration. 

Fireproof  Construction  at  Approxi¬ 
mately  the  Cost  of  Wood 

What  we  have  aimed  to  show  is  that  practical  fire¬ 
proof  and  sanitary  construction  can  be  had  at  about 


the  cost  of  wood,  by  using  Van  Guilder  Machines  for 
the  walls  and  partitions. 

Where  concrete  materials  are  low  in  price  our  ma¬ 
chines  will  save  about  enough  on  the  walls  and  par¬ 
titions  to  offset  the  greater  cost  of  fireproof  floors, 
roof  and  stairways. 

Where  concrete  materials  are  more  expensive,  the 
fireproof  buildings  may  cost  from  five  to  ten  per  cent 
more  than  wood. 

But  even  so  the  saving  in  cost  of  insurance,  repairs 
and  fuel  will  soon  cover  the  slightly  larger  first  cost. 
The  greater  permanence  of  the  buildings  would  in  it¬ 
self  justify  the  small  extra  outlay,  and  the  greater  se¬ 
curity  and  comfort  are  worth  many  times  the  cost. 

IN  WHAT  WE  HAVE  SAID  REGARDING 
FIREPROOF  CONSTRUCTION,  we  have  not  in¬ 
tended  to  convey  the  idea  that  in  order  to  take  advan¬ 
tage  of  our  machines  it  is  necessary  to  build  fire- 
resisting  floors  and  roofs.  There  are  great  advantages 
in  using  our  outside  double  wall  machines  with  or 
without  the  inside  partition  machines  even  if  all  the 
other  parts  of  the  building  are  to  be  of  wood  consti  uc- 
tion,  as  shown  in  the  following  pages. 


244  Bandini  Ave.,  Riverside,  Calif.  Built  by  W.  H.  Riley, 
711  North  Ave.  54,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 


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“Thermos  Bottle”  Construction 

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VAN  GUILDER  DOUBLE  WALL 
CONCRETE  MACHINES 


What  They  Do  and  How  They  Do  It 


Immediate  Releasing  System 

We  are  the  discoverers  of  the  immediate  releasing 
system  of  concrete  wall  construction.  There  is  no 
similar  working  system  in  the  world. 

We  manufacture  machines  which  can  be  released 
instantly  after  tamping  the  concerte  into  the  wall 
chambers. ,  The  fresh  concrete  walls  9  1-3  inches  high, 
remain  intact  and  harden  while  working  around  the 
building,  so  there  is  no  delay  in  the  work  and  three 
or  four  courses  are  made  each  day. 

To  those  unfamiliar  with  our  system  this  part  of 
the  work  seems  unbelievable,  but  that  is  what  we  do, 
and  it  is  very  simple  when  once  understood. 


Cut  No.  4.  Double  Wall  Machine 
for  Erecting  Hollow  Wall 
Concrete  Buildings. 


While  brick,  tile  and  block  manufacturers  are  mak¬ 
ing  their  units  we  are  building  the  walls,  and  so  save 
the  duplication  of  high-priced  labor  and  the  cost  of 
reshipping  and  many  rehandlings.  They  make  a  wall 
of  joints;  we  make  a  jointless  wall.  Thus  our  method 
supersedes  the  entire  unit  system. 

Our  regular  hollow  wall  machines  build  two — our 
ice  house  and  cold  storage  machines  three  entirely  sep¬ 
arate  walls,  with  a  continuous  air  space  everywhere  be¬ 
tween  them.  The  walls  are  securely  tied  together 


across  the  air  space  by  galvanized  steel  rods.  Both 
walls  are  thoroughly  reinforced  horizontally  through 
the  center  of  each  9"  course,  with  steel  which  entirely 
encircles  the  building.  This  effectually  counteracts  any 
tendency  to  crack  caused  by  the  expansion  and  contrac¬ 
tion  of  the  walls. 


Cut  No.  5.  3-Wali,  2-Air  Chamber 
Machine  for  Cold  Storage  Plants 
and  Ice  Houses. 


Insulation 

It  is  a  fact  that  a  frost  proof  and  damp  proof  con¬ 
crete  building  can  be  constructed  only  by  means  of  a 
continuous  air  space  entirely  around  the  building  from 
bottom  to  top.  The  well-known  principle  of  the 
“Thermos  Bottle”  illustrates  that  point  and  our  hol¬ 
low  wall  concrete  buildings  are  in  fact  “Built  Like  a 
Thermos  Bottle”  and  give  similar  results. 

No  dampness  nor  frost  can  pass  that  air  space  and 
the  insulation  afforded  by  it  reduces  fuel  bills  from  25 
to  40  per  cent,  with  a  corresponding  relief  from  the 
hot  weather  in  summer. 

We  quote  from  the  Concrete  Cement  Age  of  May,  1913: 
“A  concrete  double  wall  in  general  has  unusual  thermal  qualities, 
arising  from  the  fact  that  concrete  responds  very  slowly  to  a  change 
in  temperature.  If  the  belt  of  confined  air  between  the  walls  is 
restricted  as  to  circulation  and  connecting  ties  are  few  and  poor  con¬ 
ductors  of  heat,  the  inside  wall  will  remain  at  a  practically  constant 
temperature  the  year  around.  This  is  a  very  favorable  factor  in 
dwellings,  as  its  tendency  is  to  equalize  the  heating  conditions,  an 
excess  of  heat  being  slowly  absorbed,  and  as  equally  slowly  given  off 
when  there  is  a  deficiency.” 


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Fireproof  Partitions 

We  are  now  ready  to  announce  the  perfecting  of 
our  new  Fireproof  Partition  Machines,  made  on  the 
basic  principle  used  in  our  hollow  wall  machines.  This 
marks  one  of  the  most  important  advances  in  our 
whole  system  of  building. 

These  machines  not  only  do  fireproof  work,  but  so 
materially  reduce  the  cost  over  all  other  methods,  that 
no  one  can  afiford  to  build  without  them. 

A  Self-Protecting  Construction 

Our  System  is  self-protecting.  It  has  a  unique  ad¬ 
vantage  in  that  it  is  impossible  to  slight  the  work.  The 
contractor  to  make  satisfactory  progress,  must  use 
good  materials  and  enough  cement  to  make  a  strong 
concrete.  Otherwise  he  can  make  no  headway.  The 
work  is  at  all  times  open  to  inspection  and  test,  an 'I 
poor  work  cannot  be  covered  up  as  in  set  forms. 

We  find  that  the  majority  of  builders  do  not  realize 
the  importance  of  changing  their  methods  to  meet 
present  times  and  conditions.  When  the  public  un¬ 
derstands  the  advantages  of  our  “Thermos  Bottle 
Construction”  (literally  a  building  within  a  building) 
they  will  demand  a  change  to  more  substantial  and 
economical  ways. 


Cut.  No.  6.  Section  of  Hollow  Wall  Four-Foot  Span 
Supporting  15,147  Pounds.  Test  by  Glenn 
M.  Rees,  Architect  and  Engineer. 


Cut  No  7.  Window  frames  removed  to  show  air 
space.  We  plaster  directly  to  inside  wall 
without  furring  or  lathing.  We  stucco 
directly  to  outside  wall,  which 
is  the  most  economical, 
durable  and  up-to- 
date  finish  in 
the  world. 

Strength  and  Permanence 

Concrete  walls  erected  with  our  machines  have  been 
tested  and  are  actually  one  and  one-half  times  the 
strength  of  brick  work  of  the  same  thickness. 

They  may  be  used  with  entire  confidence  in  the 
heaviest  type  of  buildings. 

We  plaster  directly  on  the  inside  wall  and  stucco 
directly  on  the  outside  wall.  (See  cut  No.  7.) 

Lathing  is  absolutely  unnecessary,  which  makes  a 
very  appreciable  saving. 

Consider,  too,  the  sanitary  value  of  having  the 
plaster  applied  direct  to  the  concrete  walls;  there  is 
nothing  to  decay  and  no  lodging  place  for  dirt  and 
vermin. 

Concrete  is  the  only  building  material  that  will  not 
deteriorate.  Our  walls  will  stand  for  centuries,  need¬ 
ing  no  repairs  or  painting. 

The  railroads  have  furnished  a  valuable  lesson  in 
construction.  Strength  and  permanence  are  their 
slogans.  They  build  once  and  do  it  well.  They  have 
abandoned  other  building  material  for  concrete,  which 
lasts  forever  and  costs  nothing  to  maintain. 


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Adaptability  and  Beauty 


Our  system  is  adaptable.  Your  buildings  can  be 
designed  as  you  want  them,  and  there  are  practically 
no  limitations  as  to  style  of  architecture.  Stucco  ap¬ 
plied*  to  Van  Guilder  Walls,  as  directed  in  our  In¬ 
struction  Book*  penetrates  the  concrete,  becomes  a 
part  of  the  walls,  and  will  not  drop  off  or  crack. 


The  beauty  and  dignity  pf  stucco  work  needs  no 
description.  Most  of  the  finest  residences  of  to-day 
are  being  finished  with  it.  It  blends  -perfectly  with 
every*  type  of  architecture,  dignifying  the  simple  home 
or  workman’s  cottage,  giving  a  most  wonderful  field 
for  expression  in  more  imposing  residences  and  con¬ 
veying  in  appearance  as  well  as  in  fact  the  permanent 
character  of  our  construction.  It  may  be  varied  effec¬ 
tually  in  texture  and  colors,  and  the  only  limit  is  the 
skill  of  the  builder;  it  does  not  attempt  to  imitate  other 
building  material,  and  is  therefore  used  by  architects 
in  the  best  class  of  work.  (See  Instruction  Book, 
Pages  29  to  35). 


Cost  of  Walls 

Where  concrete  materials  can  be  purchased  at  a 
reasonable  price,  the  walls  and  partitions  of  a  build¬ 
ing  erected  with  our  machines  will  cost  less  than 
FRAME,  yet  will  be  worth  more  than  BRICK. 

When  compared  with  BRICK,  BLOCK,  or  TILE 
construction,  there  is  no  competition,  as  our  cost  is 
much  lower,  yet  our  walls  are  stronger  and  more  en¬ 
during.  They  will  stand  for  ages,  needing  no  repairs. 
(See  comparison  of  cost,  pages  35  and  36.) 

Ideal  Homes 

If  you  build  your  house  the  VAN  GUILDER  WAY 
you  will  have  an  ideal  home — cool  in  summer,  warm 
in  winter.  Wind  and  storm  will  not  rack  it — you  will 
hardly  hear  the  tempest.  The  rooms  will  be  dry  and 
sanitary.  Vermin  cannot  enter  the  walls  or  partitions. 
Coal  bills  will  be  much  smaller  and  you  will  not  worry 
about  painting  or  other  repairs.  The  walls  will  never 
decay  and  your  home  will  be  age-proof. 


Financing  and  Insurance 

Insurance  is  reduced  or  eliminated  entirely  on  this 
type  of  building  and  bankers  who  have  become  famil¬ 
iar  with  this  method  of  construction  will  make  larger 
loans  on  buildings  erected  with  our  machines  than  on 
frame  construction. 

Buildings  for  Sale  or  Investment 

To  those  who  build  to  sell  or  for  investment  our 
construction  offers  many  advantages. 

Better  selling  prices  and  rentals  are  obtained  be¬ 
cause  of  greater  safety,  permanence  and  beauty,  and 
on  account  of  the  saving  in  repairs  and  fuel,  all  of 
which  are  obtained  at  no  greater  construction  cost. 

Steam  Curing  in  Cold  Weather  Greatly 
Extends  the  Season  for  Building 

To  the  builder  The  Van  Guilder  double  wall  con¬ 
struction  offers  one  great  advantage  over  concrete 
used  in  any  other  way. 

It  is  well  known  that  solid  walls  cannot  be  erected 
in  cold  weather  without  a  large  expense  to  prevent 
freezing. 

Our  hollow  walls,  however,  can  be  protected  at 
small  expense  by  turning  steam  into  the  continuous 
air  chamber  which  will  not  only  keep  the  walls  from 
freezing,  but  cure  the  concrete  rapidly. 

This  extemls  the  season  for  building  operations  to 
the  same  length  as  for  other  construction  work. 

(See  Instruction  Book  for  Details.) 


Schools,  Churches,  Factories, 
Picture  Theatres,  Etc. 

The  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Construction  is 
peculiarly  adapted  for  schools  and  other  public  build¬ 
ings.  Great  solidity,  permanence  and  freedom  from 
vibration  are  wanted  in  that  class  of  structure,  and 
our  walls  are  eminently  so. 

The  insulation  produced  by  our  continuous  air 
chamber  eliminates  dampness  and  keeps  out  the  ex¬ 
cessive  heat  of  summer  as  well  as  the  extreme  cold 
of  winter.  Fleat  will  be  more  evenly  distributed  and 
cost  less. 

Hollow  wall  partitions  may  be  built  that  will  be  both 
sound-proof  and  fireproof. 

All  of  These  Advantages  at  Less  Expense. 

Cold  Storage  Plants  and  Ice  Houses 

The  saving  in  cost  of  cold  storage  plants  and  ice 
houses  by  using  our  three-wall  machines  is  remark¬ 
able.  (See  page  1  .) 


Cut  No.  8.  Our  Curved  Silo  Machine 
Building  a  Silo. 


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Silos  and  Farm  Buildings 

A  frame  silo  will  last  but  a  few  years  and  during  its 
short  life  must  have  constant  attention  and  repairs. 

Our  Double  Wall  Concrete  Silos  cost  no  more  and. 
will  stand  for  centuries  without  repairs,  ox  attention. 
No  insurance  is  needed  as  they  cahndt  burn.'  The  ensi¬ 
lage  will  be  kept  from  freezing  and  from  vermin.  , 

The  same  is  true  of  other  farm  buildings.  The  air 
space  between  the  double  walls  keeps  out  dampness, 
cold,  and  heat.  Farm  stock  will  be  more  comfortable 
both  summer  and  winter  and  will  thrive  better  on  less 
food.  You  will  save  the  perpetual  paint  bills  and  all 
cost  of  repairs  to  the  walls. 

Co-Operation 

We  co-operate  with  all  our  machine  owners  in  every 
possible  way.  In  addition  to  our  printed  detailed 
instructions,  we  maintain  an  advisory  bureau,  and 
are  glad  to  assist  prospective  builders  at  all  times. 

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We  also  have  a  corps  of  experienced  operators  who 
will  go  anywhere  to  operate  the  machines.  They  will 
start  in  your  men  with  correct  methods  and  at  a  pace 
that  will  procure  immediate  results.  If  you  have  no 
contractor  in  your  vicinity  using  our  machines  you  can 
be  your  own  builder,  as  our  men  are  capable  of  taking 


FIRMAN,  WEBB  &  JOHNSON 
INSURANCE 
110,  111,  112  Wilder  Building 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  31,  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co., 

718  Chamber  of  Commerce  Bldg.,  City. 

Gentlemen  : — 

In  reply  to  your  query  as  to  what  we  consider  the  difference 
in  the  fire  risk  between  frame  dwellings  and  those  of  con¬ 
crete,  erected  with  your  machines,  would  say,  for  the  past  five 
years,  we  have  been  insuring  buildings  erected  with  your 


entire  charge  of  your  work  when  desired,  and  will 
relieve  you  of  all  responsibility  as  to  working  methods. 
This  arrangement  has  proved  very  satisfactory  as  you 
will  see  \vhen  reading  the  letters  published  in  this 
catalog  that  refer  to  our  operators.  (Terms  for  oper¬ 
ators  given  on  page  37.) 

..  r  -r— 

-  If  you  have  not  a  copy  of  our  72-page  instruction 
book  entitled  “How  to  Build  with  Van  Guilder  Hollow 
Wall  Machines,”  it  will  be  sent'  free  by  mail  on  re¬ 
quest.  ...>v 


A' 

When  writing  to  people  whose  addresses  are  given 
‘in  our  literature,  kindly  inclo&e  a  self-addressed  an! 
stamped  return  envelope. 


When  in  New  York  City  do  not  fail  to  see  our 
PERMANENT  EXHIBIT  in  the  CRAFTSMAN 
HOME  BUILDERS’  EXPOSITION,  (Space  805), 
Craftsman  Building,  Thirty-eighth  and  Thirty-ninth 
Streets,  east  of  Fifth  avenue. 


See  pages  33  and  34  for  comparison  of  cost  between 
our  double  concrete  walls  and  other  methods  of 
building. 


machines  at  about  20%  less  than  frame  buildings  in  the  same 
localities  and  consider  them  far  better  risks. 

Our  losses  on  concrete  buildings  erected  with  your  machines 
are  rather  limited,  only  two  losses  of  any  account  and  these 
were  caused  by  fire  starting  in  frame  additions,  destroying 
frame  work,  floors  and  roof  of  concrete  building  and  leaving 
walls  in  first-class  shape,  so  that  the  repairs  were  quickly  made 
and  business  resumed.  On  these  risks  the  loss  on  frame  work 
was  total  but  on  the  concrete  about  10%. 

Yours  very  truly, 

FIRMAN,  WEBB  &  JOHNSON, 
GWJ/A  Per  G.  W.  Johnson. 


Fireproof  Residence  of  R.  W.  Pumpelly,  Samarcand,  N.  C., 
(near  Eagle  Springs).  Charles  G.  Loring, 
Architect,  7  Water  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 


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No.  9.  Gilpin  Hall,  Berkshire  Industrial  Farm,  Canaan,  N.  Y.  Cecil  Evers, 
Architect,  184  Montague  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


BERKSHIRE  INDUSTRIAL  FARM. 

Canaan,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  30,  1913. 
The  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Company, 

718  Chamber  of  Commerce  Bldg., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

Last  Spring  we  suffered  a  heavy  loss  at  the  Berkshire  In¬ 
dustrial  Farm  when  fire  destroyed  our  chief  building,  Gilpin 
Hall.  When  the  time  for  reconstruction  came  we  consulted  a 
friend,  Dr.  E.  M.  Santee  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  for  the  purpose  of  deciding  upon 
the  best  material  to  use.  This  gentleman  had  assisted  us  the 
previous  year  in  the  remodeling  of  our  barns  and  the  construc¬ 
tion  of  a  new  dairy,  laundry,  and  greenhouse.  The  material 
used  at  that  time  was  concrete,  and  the  machine  was  that  of 
the  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Company.  Eminently  satisfac¬ 
tory  results  were  obtained,  and  Dr.  Santee  urged  us  to  use 
the  same  system  in  the  reconstruction  of  Gilpin  Hall;  nor  did 
we  regret  this  step,  for  now  that  the  building  is  complete  I 
fail  to  see  how  a  more  satisfactory  building  could  have  been 
constructed.  Gilpin  Hall,  as  it  stands  to-day,  combines  beauty, 
inside  and  out,  strength,  durability,  and  warmth. 


Mr.  Chas.  DeGroat,  your  expert  who  was  engaged  to  take 
charge  of  operations,  has  done  a  splendid  job. 

The  dimensions  of  the  building  are  48x80.  In  the  basement 
are  three  store-rooms,  boiler  room,  two  rooms  for  detention, 
common  room  for  the  boys,  and  bath-room  with  six  shower 
baths  and  other  toilet  arrangements. 

The  first  floor  contains  four  dining-rooms,  seating  thirty 
boys  each;  a  sitting  room  for  the  staff,  and  kitchen  and  bakery. 

The  second  floor  contains  a  large,  airy  dormitory  for  twen¬ 
ty-five  beds,  with  toilet  appointments.  On  the  same  floor  there 
are  six  rooms  for  workers  and  one  for  guests,  sewing  room, 
and  bath-rooms. 

The  third  floor  has  a  bath-room  and  four  rooms  for  the 
staff. 

We  wish  to  express  our  satisfaction,  too,  with  the  mixer 
which  we  purchased  at  your  recommendation.  We  mixed  all 
the  concrete  with  it,  and  did  the  hoisting  above  the  first  floor. 
It  will  prove  a  valuable  addition  to  our  school’s  equipment 
for  future  work. 

I  take  pleasure  in  inclosing,  under  separate  cover,  photo¬ 
graphs  of  our  new  building. 

Yours  very  truly, 

EBH/ELC.  (Signed)  E.  B.  HILLIARD,  Supt. 


ST.  FRANCIS  MISSION 
St.  Francis,  S.  D. 


Erected  under  direction  of 
BROTHER  HARTMAN 


School  building  130  x  80  ft. 
Fireproof  throughout.  Double 
Concrete  Walls.  Kahn  System 
Floors  and  Roof. 


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No.  11.  Store  and  Office  Building,  Lancaster,  N.  Y.,  on  Main  Street,  Opposite  Bank  of  Lancaster.  Henry  A.  Safford, 
Owner  and  Builder.  Rees  Sc  Ade,  Architects,  344  East  Avenue,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


Lancaster,  N.  Y.,  July  16,  1912. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

I  enclose  herewith  a  photo  of  the  store  and  office  building 
at  Lancaster,  N.  Y.  To  say  that  I  am  well  pleased  is  not 
half  expressing  it.  You  may  remember  talking  with  me  at  the 
cement  exhibition  at  Madison  Square  Garden,  New  York  City. 

Well,  I  have  been  a  builder  and  contractor  for  over  25  years, 
and  when  examining  your  system,  it  appealed  to  me  strongly, 
and  I  could  not  get  it  off  my  mind.  You  know  the  rest. 

I  am  equipping  myself  for  heavy  construction,  having  pur¬ 
chased  besides  your  machines  a  Blystone  Mixer,  and  am  thor¬ 
oughly  satisfied  with  the  results. 

I  am  keeping  close  tabs  on  the  cost  of  the  concrete  work 
and  up  to  date  I  have  made  a  saving  of  considerably  over  one- 
third  the  cost  of  hollow  tile  or  brick,  and  for  strength  and 
durability  there  is  no  comparison.  I  shall  send  you  an  order 
for  more  machines  soon. 

Contractors  who  may  be  in  doubt  about  the  practicability 
of  this  construction,  and  who  are  hesitating  as  I  did  for 
some  time  before  adopting  your  system,  will  later  regret  the 
loss  that  each  month’s  delay  costs  them;  for  they  must  in¬ 
evitably  purchase  your  machines,  and  will  do  so  as  soon  as 
they  appreciate  the  saving  in  cost  of  construction  and  in¬ 
creased  value  of  results.  Very  truly  yours, 

(Signed)  HENRY  A.  SAFFORD. 

Miami,  Ariz.,  March  26,  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

Please  find  photos  of  Miami  Townsite  Building  constructed 
with  your  machine.  It  works  fine  and  every  day  gets  better. 
The  machine  now  almost  runs  itself  on  the  long  wall.  You 
should  have  heard  the  remarks  passed  as  the  crowd  looked  on 
when  I  first  started.  Some  said  the  walls  would  fall  down, 
others  said  they  never  would  get  hard.  Several  of  the  best 
people  in  town  tell  me  they  are  the  best  wall  here.  I  run  the 
machine  myself.  With  best  regards,  I  remain, 

Yours  truly,  (Signed)  E.  L.  SIGNOR. 


No.  12,  Miami  Townsite  Building,  Miami,  Ariz. 
E,  L,  Signor,  Builder. 


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No.  13.  Residence  of  H.  C.  Pomeroy,  Lake  Bluff,  III.,  Designed  by  the  owner.  28  ft.  x  50  ft. 


Lake  Bluff,  Ill.,  Dec.  21,  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Company, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

Referring  to  your  inquiry  concerning  my  building  made  by 
the  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Machine,  I  am  very  well  pleas¬ 
ed  so  far,  but  do  not  know  anything  relative  to  cold  weather 
for  as  yet  we  have  had  none. 

I  have  no  reason  to  think  the  house  will  be  anything  but 
warm,  as  it  presents  the  appearance  of  a  close  built,  strong 
and  beautiful  building,  and  admired  by  everyone  passing. 

Yours  truly, 

(Signed)  H.  C.  POMEROY, 


No.  14.  Residence  of  Edward  N.  Bruel,  22  Halcyon  Terrace,  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. 
Brutus  Gunderloch,  Architect,  249  W.  104th  St.,  New  York  City 


Many  Beautiful  Effects 
Easily  Obtained 

In  the  upper  picture  note  the  belt 
course  at  the  bottom  of  the  second  story 
windows  built  by  a  simple  adjustment 
of  the  Hollow  Wall  Machine.  Roof 
covered  with  asbestos  shingles.  Cost 
about  $8,000. 


22  Halcyon  Terrace,  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y., 

January  6,  1914. 


Mr.  W.  H.  Van  Guilder, 

348  Main  St.,  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. 


Dear  Sir: — 


I  take  great  pleasure  in  stating  that  nry  house,  in  which  I 
have  now  lived  two  full  years,  is  in  every  way  comfortable 
and  that  I  am  well  content  to  have  used  your  method  of  build¬ 
ing. 

The  house  is  easily  and  economically  heated  in  winter  and 
in  the  summer  I  find  no  difficulty  in  keeping  it  cool.  Except 
for  the  fact  that  there  are  windows  and  doors  it  seems  quite 

like  living  in  a  thermos  bottle. 

As  you  may  know,  I  carried  out  your 
idea  to  its  full  extent  by  having  the 
roof  built  with  asbestos  shingles  which 
adds  to  its  non-conductiveness  ;  but  the 
main  reason,  no  doubt,  why  my  house 
is  so  warm  in  winter  is  that  the  walls 
are  constructed  with  your  hollow  wall 
machine. 


Trusting  you  will  have  continued 
success  with  your  method  of  building, 
I  remain, 

Yours  very  truly, 

(Signed)  ED.  N.  BRUEL. 


THE  VAN  GUILDER  HOLLOW  WALL  COMPANY,  ROCHESTER,  N  Y. 


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No.  15.  Residence  of  H.  C.  Lawrence,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.  S.  O.  Lacey,  Architect.  Powers-Snyder  Co.,  Builders. 


POWERS-SNYDER  COMPANY, 

Contractors  and  Builders. 

411  Phelps  Building,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  January  5,  1914. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Company, 

718  Chamber  of  Commerce  Bldg., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

We  are  mailing  you  under  separate  cover  to-day  floor  plans 
elevations  of  the  hollow  wall  concrete  house  just  completed. 
All  during  the  course  of  construction  this  house  has  attracted 
a  good  deal  of  attention  as  it  is  the  first  hollow  wall  concrete 
house  built  in  this  city,  and  we  have  secured  several  contracts 
from  people  who  have  become  interested  in  the  development 
of  this  one  building.  A  practical  man  sees  at  a  glance  that 
your  method  of  hollow  wall  concrete  construction  is  far  su¬ 
perior  to  any  other  method.  The  interior  woodwork  is  of 
clear  basswood  finished  in  white  enamel  with  mahogany  doors 
throughout,  except  in  kitchen  and  pantry  which  are  finished  in 
North  Carolina  pine. 

For  the  outside  trim  we  used  No.  1  clear  cypress  stained 
with  Tobacco  Brown  Creosote  stain  and  wiped. 

In  stuccoing  we  used  cement  paste  applied  with  a  whisk- 
broom  in  such  a  manner  as  to  give  a  very  pleasing  effect. 
Roof  is  covered  with  unfading  green  slate. 

The  cost  of  this  house  is  about  $4,500.00. 

We  have  four  more  of  these  houses  under  way  which  we 
hope  to  complete  by  Spring. 

Yours  truly, 

(Signed)  POWERS-SNYDER  COMPANY, 

JHP/NMH.  J.  H.  Powers. 


House  eoc?  Ms?  HC.La  w/te/vce  //M 

*S.O  l  ace  y; /?*•(#  ‘r  77>t  Hwers-dirryderCojSui/ders. 


No.  16 


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No.  17.  Hollow  Wall  Concrete  Stable  and  Granary  at  Union  City,  Pa.  Designed  and  Built  by 

the  Owners,  Merrell-Soule  Co.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


MERRELL-SOULE  CO. 

None  Such  Mince  Meat 

PLANTS — Syracuse,  N.  Y. ;  Arcade,  N.  Y.; 

Little  Valley,  N.  Y.;  Frewsburg,  N.  Y.; 

Fayetteville,  N.  Y.;  Chittenango,  N.  Y.; 
lies  Moines,  la.;  Union  City,  Pa. 

Engineering  Dept. 

Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  17,  1913. 

The  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : 

Having  made  a  trial  of  your  machine  and  the  method  of 
concrete  construction  in  the  erection  of  our  Stable  and  Gran¬ 


ary  at  Union  City,  Pa.,  we  are  now  prepared  to  state  that  we 
are  pleased  with  the  results. 

The  use  of  this  machine  readily  suggests  many  new  ideas 
and  ways  in  which  concrete  can  be  satisfactorily  used,  l'wo 
large  grain  bins  in  the  above-named  building,  holding  over  a 
carload  of  grain  apiece,  are  walled  entirely  with  your  Hollow 
Wall,  and  are  proving  perfectly  satisfactory.  The  hollow  wall 
fulfills  its  purpose  in  the  construction  of  the  stable,  producing 
a  fireproof  wall  which  is  warm  and  dry,  and  presents  an  in¬ 
terior  surface  which  can  not  be  damaged  by  a  blow  such  as 
is  likely  in  a  stable  where  heavy  horses  and  wagons  are  kept. 

We  are  now  using  this  method  of  construction  wherever  we 
find  it  feasible.  Yours  truly, 

MERRELL-SOULE  CO., 
(Signed)  O.  E.  MERRELL. 


No.  18.  Fireproof  Smelting  Works  of  L.  C.  Robinson  Lead  Co.,  Pacific  Street,  Cambridge,  Mass.  W.  J.  Treethy, 
Architect,  85  Water  Street,  Boston.  F.  O.  White  Construction  Company,  183  River  St.,  Cambridge,  Builders. 


The  walls  of  this  building  were  laid  in  ten  days. 
Size  45'  x  90'.  The  floor  is  concrete.  The  roof  is  laid 
on  2x8  rafters  16”  O.  C.  The  rafters  are  carried 
on  purlines  supported  on  a  double  row  of  columns. 


The  roof  is  a  2"  concrete  slab  reinforced  with  “Self 
Centering”  making  form  work  unnecessary. 

The  building  is  finished  with  stucco  inside  and  out. 


THE  VAN  GUILDER  HOLLOW  WALL  COMPANY,  ROCHESTER,  N.  Y. 


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No.  19.  Store  House  of  the  Nova  Scotia  Steel  and  Coal  Co.,  Sydney  Mines,  Nova  Scotia.  Building  35  ft.  x  120  ft. 

Designed  and  built  by  their  own  Engineering  Department 


nova  Scotia  Steel  $  Goal  Co.,  cimiuo 
Sydney  mines,  n.  $. 

Sydney  Mines,  N.  S.,  Oct.  14,  1913. 

Messrs.  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Dear  Sirs: 

Mr.  Gilbert  is  leaving  here  to-night  after  spending  the  past 
ten  days  in  setting  a  pace  and  instructing  our  men  in  the  use 
of  your  Hollow  Wall  Machine. 


While  the  machine  is  quite  simple  to  use,  we  believe  we  have 
gained  considerable  by  having  Mr.  Gilbert  with  us  as  he  was 
able  in  a  day  to  put  up  562  feet  of  6  and  4  in.  wall  on  a  build¬ 
ing  120  feet  long  and  35  feet  wide,  but  without  openings  at 
this  elevation. 

We  are  greatly  pleased  with  the  work  done  by  the  machine 
and  would  recommend  its  use  on  this  class  of  concrete  con¬ 
struction  work.  Yours  truly, 

(Signed)  Nova  Scotia  Steel  &  Coal  Co.,  Ltd., 
John  Preston,  Mechanical  Supt. 


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No. -20.  Fireproof  warehouse  at  Rockfall,  Conn.  143  ft.  x  48  ft.  Concrete  floor  and  roof. 

Stores  20  car  loads.  E.  J.  Cowling,  Contractor.  Note  the  Pilasters  built  with  our  Combination  “G”. 


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No.  21.  Fireproof  Hollow  Wall  Concrete  Building,  100  ft.  x  200  ft.  40  ft.  to  Ridge.  Corrugated  Iron  Roof 
on  Steel  Trusses,  100  ft.  Span.  Supported  on  Reinforced  Pilasters.  Rees  &  Ade, 

Architects  and  Engineers,  344  East  Ave.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


No.  22.  Detail  of  Frame 


No.  23.  Detail,  End  of  Building 


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No.  24.  Storage  Warehouse  Built  with  the  Van  Guilder  Three-Wall  Double  Air  Chamber  Machine 

by  the  White  Elevator  Company,  Pulaski,  Wis. 


Chemically  Cooled 

Cold  Storage  Plants 

In  no  type  of  building  is  the  remarkable 
insulating  value  of  the  Van  Guilder  walls  so  pro¬ 
nounced  as  in  Cold  Storage  Plants. 

Three  walls  are  built  at  once,  giving  two  con¬ 
tinuous  dead  air  spaces  and,  although  more  sub¬ 
stantial  than  any  other  construction,  cost  much 
less  and  nearly  or  quite  eliminate  the  expensive 
insulating  lining  usually  required. 

The  Saving  is  Extraordinary 

Commercial  Ice  Houses 

Are  built  with  our  3-wall  machine  for  less  than 


Pulaski,  Wis.,  June  25,  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

We  are  mailing  you  two  different  pictures  of  our  cold  stor¬ 
age  which  were  taken  after  we  received  your  telegram,  and 
we  made  a  rush  order  to  get  it  out.  The  building  as  you  see  is 
70  by  80  with  asbestos  roof. 

It  is  used  exclusively  for  cabbage  and  potatoes.  In  the  part 
where  cabbage  is  stored,  no  heat  with  stoves  was  used  last 
winter  at  all  and  the  temperature  which  we  experienced  here 
last  winter  of  20  below  zero  did  not  affect  the  inside  of  the 
storage  appreciably  and  we  were  able  to  keep  the  32  tempera¬ 
ture  without  any  difficulty.  While  the  potato  part  is  partition¬ 
ed  off  and  for  that  we  have  a  chimney  and  use  stoves,  we  did 
not  use  stoves  very  much  for  the  potato  storage. 

The  building  cost  us  in  the  neighborhood  of  $3,800.00.  We 
cannot  replace  this  one  for  the  price  in  wooden  frame  build¬ 
ings  as  one  was  built  last  year  a  couple  of  stations  above  us, 
practically  the  same  size,  and  it  cost  a  little  over  $4,000.00 
and  we  would  not  trade,  for  we  practically •  have  to  carry  no 
insurance  on  the  building. 

Any  other  questions  you  would  like  to  know,  we  will  be 
glad  to  answer.  The  gravel  used  was  somewhere  in  the 
neighborhood  of  400  yards  and  the  cement  used  was  some¬ 
thing  like  450  barrels.  Yours  truly, 

THE  WHITE  ELEVATOR  CO. 


wood  construction. 

Insurance  charges  are  entirely 
eliminated  and  shrinkage  materially 
reduced. 

The  life  of  a  wooden  ice  house 
is  short  and  the  up-keep  expense  very 
large.  Our  walls  are  age-proof  with 
no  cost  for  maintenance. 

Private  ice  houses  are  usually 
built  with  a  2-wall  machine. 


No.  25.  Farmers’  Cold  Storage  House  at  Roches¬ 
ter  Junction,  N.  Y.  F.  E.  Lord,  Owner  and 
Builder.  Shown  under  construction  with 
three  concrete  walls  and  two  continu¬ 
ous  air  chambers;  refrigerator  doors 


No.  26.  Residence,  Under  Construction,  at  Sharon,  Mass. 
Matthew  Sullivan,  Architect. 


CHARLES  F.  RIORDAN,  5  Globe  Bldg. 

Boston,  Mass.,  Dec.  29,  19 13. 
Van  Builder  Hollow  Wall  Company,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen  : 

Your  request  for  story  of  the  residence  at  Sharon,  Mass.,  re¬ 
ceived  and  I  hesitate  about  giving  it  to  you  on  account  of  the 
advertising,  as  already  we  have  been  overtaxed  answering  ques¬ 
tions  on  construction  and  doing  personally  conducted  tours  over 
the  house  with  visiting  architects,  engineers,  and  prospective  build¬ 
ers  of  homes,  factories,  business  blocks,  etc.,  etc.  I  am  going  to 
take  a  chance,  however,  as  I  already  have  a  soft  spot  in  my  heart 
for  the  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Form. 

Our  former  residence  was  destroyed  by  fire  February  15,  1913. 
This  house  stood  on  a  hill  covering  seven  acres  in  the  center  of 
a  fifty-acre  lot  and  is  such  a  sightly  location  that  we  never  hesi¬ 
tated  for  one  moment  about  rebuilding  on  the  old  foundation.  The 
first  thing  we  settled  upon  was  that  the  new  house  should  be  fire¬ 
proof.  The  setting  of  the  picture,  to  our  minds,  demanded  that 
the  outside  finish  be  of  white  stucco,  with  a  roof  of  hard  baked 
tile.  On  one  corner  of  my  property  I  had  dressed  stone,  field  stone 
and  rough  stone  sufficient  for  the  building  of  ten  houses.  A  few 
hundred  yards  away  to  the  rear  of  the  foundation,  I  had  a  sand 
and  gravel  pit.  These  things  suggested  that  the  construction  should 
be  stone  walls,  stuccoed  outside  and  furred  inside  or  else  reinforced 
concrete.  It  seemed  wrong  not  to  use  the  materials  the  Lord 
had  placed  on  the  job.  We  knew  exactly  what  we  wanted  and 
then  turned  over  the  job  of  producing  the  picture  to  Mr.  Matthew 
Sullivan  of  Ponkapoog,  Mass.,  a  man  with  thirty  years’  experience 
as  architect  and  engineer  and  enjoying  a  reputation  second  to  none. 

Now  then,  the  nearest  freight  station  to  the  job  is  East  Wal¬ 
pole,  Mass.,  about  a  mile  and  a  half  distant.  Plans  and  specifica¬ 
tions  were  sent  to  twenty  odd  reputable  builders  and  the  resulting 
bids  were  so  high  I  was  convinced  the  only  way  I  could  ever 
build  a  fireproof  residence  demanded  my  going  on  the  job  as  gen¬ 
eral  contractor.  The  bids  sure  did  take  on  the  appearance  of 
black  hand  letters.  I  studied  thoroughly  all  the  types  of  con¬ 
struction  that  would  give  me  what  I  wanted  beginning  with  stone 
and  then  going  through  brick,  concrete  blocks,  hollow  tile,  etc., 
etc.  The  real  trouble  was  how  to  get  a  builder  who  wouldn't 
demand  more  than  three  times  what  the  job  was  worth.  The  fact 
that  we  were  more  than  a  mile  away  from  a  freight  station  and 
that  the  reliable  constructing  organizations  were  several  miles 
beyond  that  again  seemed  to  deter  these  organizations  from  making 
any  sort  of  a  fair  bid.  About  this  time  Mrs.  Riordan  returned 
from  Boston  one  day  with  a  copy  of  a  magazine  in  which  your 
ad  appeared.  There  was  a  write-vip  in  that  magazine  which,  after 
its  careful  perusal,  resulted  in  my  sending  to  you  for  your  pam- 
hlets.  There  to  my  surprise,  I  learned  of  some  buildings  having 
een  erected  with  your  forms  in  the  adjoining  town  of  Walpole  • 
I  looked  these  houses  over,  talked  to  the  occupants  thereof  and 
then  made  up  my  mind  that  the  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Form 
was  the  solution  of  my  problem.  I  then  interviewed  the  builder 
of  these  houses.  Mr.  (’has.  A.  Smith  of  Walpole.  Mr.  Smith  had 
been  recommended  to  me  in  the  highest  terms  and  to  him  1  de¬ 
livered  the  plans  and  specifications  for  a  bid.  At  the  present  time. 
Mr.  Smith  is  putting  in  the  standing  finish.  He  built  the  walls, 
the  floors,  and  the  rough  roof.  I  have  been  in  close  touch  with 
him  for  the  past  five  months  and  I  feel  that  I  owe  a  debt  of 
gratitude  to  my  neighbor  who  recommended  him  to  me  as  being 
without  a  peer,  as  a  conscientious,  reliable  builder.  To-day  I 
know  that  neighbor  of  mine  spoke  nothing  but  the  truth.  The 
walls  of  the  house  in  Walpole  I  learned  were  built  of  the  1-2-4 
mix.  Instead  of  running  the  four  parts  all  gravel,  they  mixed  it 
up  two  parts  gravel  and  two  parts  clean  cinders.  On  mv  job.  I 
wanted  the  four  parts  of  gravel  and  this  is  the  way  the  walls 
were  built.  The  sand  and  gravel  came  from  my  pit.  The  cement 
of  which  we  used  300  barrels  stood  me  $1.00  a  barrel  in  cloth 
bags  on  the  job. 

When  it  became  known  that  I  was  to  use  your  form  for  the 
construction  of  the  wall,  you’d  be  considerable  amused  to  hear  the 
dire  predictions  as  to  the  result.  Everyone  felt  that  at  a  certain 


Charles  F.  Riordan,  Owner. 

C.  A.  Smith,  Walpole,  Builder 

stage  1  would  wake  up  some  day  to  find  the  walls  on  the  ground. 
The  outside  walls  are  built  with  your  form,  the  floors  are  of 
steel  I  beams  and  four-inch  slabs  of  reinforced  concrete.  The 
partitions  are  United  States  Gypsum  block  and  the  roof  is  Cherry 
Red  tile.  The  outside  of  the  walls  is  white  slap  dash  stucco.  All 
the  outside  trim  is  painted  an  ivy  green.  Your  forms  leave  on  the 
outside  of  the  walls  an  actual  scratch  coat  which  the  stucco  eats 
into,  forming  an  integral  part  of  the  whole.  No  need  of  chiseling 
the  walls  or  using  the  stone  for  a  bond  for  the  stucco.  We  plas¬ 
tered  with  gypsum  ivory  cement  directly  against  the  inside  walls. 
Competent  engineers  and  builders  have  assured  me  that  they  have 
never  examined  more  powerful  or  better  walls  in  their  experience. 
We  cold  chiselled  down  several  of  the  window  openings  and  it 
was  sure  one  strenuous  job.  The  cold  chisel  disclosed  as  solid 
and  powerful  a  wall  as  the  most  exacting  could  desire. 

I  am  mailing  you  blue  prints  of  the  first  two  floors  that  you 
might  get  an  idea  of  the  style  of  house  I  built.  In  the  living  and 
sun  rooms  we  built  in  two  tapestry  brick  fireplaces  that  run  from 
floor  to  ceiling.  The  floors  in  the  service  end  of  the  house  and  all 
baths  and  toilets  are  of  the  sanitary  type  with  base  to  match.  The 
floors  of  the  sun  room  and  vestibule  are  of  tapestry  tile.  The 
floor  of  the  sleeping  veranda  is  granolithic  with  sanitary  base. 
Whitney  casement  windows  in  sunroom  and  sleeping  veranda.  I 
feel  now  I  have  a  house  as  near  fireproof  as  one  could  desire 
without  eliminating  the  homey  effect.  Notwithstanding  the  ex¬ 
treme  weight  on  the  walls,  no  crack  has  appeared  in  the  latter 
to  date.  I  don’t  believe  it  possible  to  put  up  a  more  solid  edifice 
than  I  have  now.  It  is  a  fact  that  the  entire  cost  of  this  residence 
is  less  than  a  first-class  joh  of  wood  construction  would  have  been. 

You  come  nearer  to  the  solution  of  the  building  problem  with 
your  form  than  does  anyone  on  the  market  to-day.  Sand  and 
gravel  are  easily  obtained  in  all  parts  of  the  New  England  states. 
Cement  can  be  *  secured  at  a  reasonable  figure.  Whether  it  be  a 
small  house,  or  a  large  house,  a  factory,  or  a  business  block,  your 
form  will  do  the  work  and  the  result  will  be  at  least  the  equal 
of  stone  or  brick,  and  from  what  I  know  the  cost  would  never 
run  much  above  a  wood  frame  construction.  I  know  there  is  a 
lot  of  missionary  work  ahead  of  you.  All  around  me  I  see  small 
houses  of  wood  going  up  for  the  reason  that  the  people  building 
believe  they  are  employing  the  cheapest  construction.  It  is  really 
too  bad  that  they  don't  know  the  truth.  A  wooden  house  begins 
to  deteriorate  the  day  it  is  finished.  Houses  built  with  your 
construction  will  grow  better  and  stronger  with  the  years. 

In  conclusion  let  me  say,  I  fully  appreciate  the  strength  of  the 
statements  I  make.  My  real  reason  for  making  them  so  is,  I 
would  like  to  heip  would-be  builders  of  homes  as  I  myself  have 
been  helned.  Very  truly  yours. 


No.  28.  12-Family  Apartment  House,  Corner  Bellevue  and  Summit  Avenues,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
E.  T.  Braunfeldt,  Box  231,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Builder 


E.  S.  BRAUNFELDT 
Material  Agent 

P.  O.  Box  231,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  7,  1914. 

Mr.  Edward  L.  Pond, 

Treas.  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co., 

718  Chamber  of  Commerce  Bldg., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Dear  Sir : 

1  he  three-story  apartment  building  at  the  corner  of  Belle¬ 
vue  and  Summit  Avenues,  this  city,  providing  high-grade  suites 
for  twelve  families,  operations  upon  which  have  been  under 
my  direction  during  the  past  summer  and  fall,  is  now  nearing 
completion  as  will  be  evidenced  by  plates  soon  to  reach  you. 

I  am  congratulatifig  myself  for  having  discovered  and  tried 
out  a  mode  of  concrete  construction  so  serviceable  and  satis¬ 
factory,  and  this  upon  a  scale  considerably  larger  than  any 
other  example  in  Syracuse.  I  recognize  and  endorse  the  spec¬ 
ially  advantageous  features  that  go  to  make  the  Van  Guilder 
Hollow  Wall  method  a  unique  type;  that  is  to  say,  one  stand¬ 
ing  in  a  class  quite  by  itself  for  efficiency  and  economy. 

The  building  in  hand  was  erected  upon  an  extremely  diffi¬ 
cult  site.  On  account  of  this  condition,  I  expected  to  have  at 
least  a  slight  settlement  or  movement  make  an  appearance, 
but  as  yet  have  been  unable  to  note  any  variation  due  to  sink¬ 
ing  or  depression  of  walls,  a  fact  attested  by  my  carpenters 
who  have  been  fitting  in  some  150  windows  and  nearly  as 
many  doors.  I  regard  the  walls  as  substantial  as  stone  and 
more  substantial  than  brick,  and  without  a  doubt  a  long  series 
of  years  will  confirm  my  opinion  that  walls  erected  after  this 
manner  will  be  practically  age-proof  so  far  as  maintenance  ex¬ 
pense  is  concerned. 

My  present  building,  is  as  you  know,  four  stories  high  in 
the  rear,  and  I  am  contemplating  another  four-story  30-suite 
family  hotel  to  be  erected  with  your  machine  during  the 
present  year.  The  Bellevue  Avenue  example  of  what  can  be 
accomplished  by  utilizing  the  advantages  possessed  by  the  Van 
Guilder  system  of  Concrete  Construction  is  attracting  much 
attention  and  developing  considerable  comment  favorably  di¬ 
rected,  especially  in  banking  circles,  and  it  is  usually  conceded 
that  the  entire  proposition  has  been  successfully  engineered. 
Perhaps  almost  any  newer  process  or  mode  of  doing  a  given 
thing  first  meets  objection,  then  is  discussed,  and  finally  is 
adopted. 

Knowing  by  practical  experience  what  I  do  about  the  sub¬ 
ject  of  steel  reinforced  concrete  structures,  I  would  employ 
no  system  other  than  your  continuous  air-chamber  double 
wall  method,  and  would  specify  always  Van  Guilder  Hollow 
Wall  Machines  as  being  best  adapted  to  achieve  the  most  sat¬ 
isfactory  results.  Very  truly  yours, 

(Signed)  E.  S.  BRAUNFELDT, 
Material  Agent  and  General  Con¬ 
tractor,  Specializing  Concrete 
Construction. 


New  England  Concrete  Construction  Co. 

Stamford,  Conn.,  October  10,  1912. 

I  he  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Gentlemen : — 

Enclosed  please  find  the  photos  of  the  three-story  Apartment 
House,  dimensions  36  ft.  x  60  ft.,  which  we  are  constructing 
at  53  Henry  Street  for  Mr.  R.  Kleemichey,  with  your  ma¬ 
chines. 

We  ran  four  machines  (two  5  ft.  and  two  2  ft)  with  pilaster 
and  chimney  attachments.  We  used  an  Eureka  mixer  which 
does  it  work  to  perfection. 

Our  walls  are  4  in.  outside  and  6  in.  inside  with  in.  steel 
rods  as  reinforcement  both  horizontally  and  across  the  air 
chamber.  Our  mixture  was  1-2-4  or  1-6  and  used  quite  wet  so 
that  the  water  would  show  when  machine  was  removed.  We 
did  not  wait  for  it  to  set  but  kept  right  on  working  with  the 
machine  around  the  building.  We.  laid  three  courses  per  day 
and  have  laid  four  in  good  drying  weather. 

We  can  safely  recommend  the  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall 
Machines  to  anyone  who  is  desirous  of  building  and  is  look¬ 
ing  for  good  and  durable  construction. 

We  can  outbid  all  others  and  give  the  best  satisfaction  to 
owners  as  up-keep  and  repairs  are  next  to  nothing  and  the 
buildings  will  last  as  long  as  the  ground  on  which  they  stand. 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

New  England  Concrete  Construction  Co. 

P.  S. — We  beg  to  say  here  that  the  walls  of  this  building 
were  put  up  in  thirty  days.  (Signed)  Theodore  Metzger,  Mgr. 


No.  29.  6-Family  Apartment  House,  36  ft-  x  60  ft.,  at  53  Henry  St..  Stamford.  Conn.,  owned 
by  Mr.  R.  Kleemichey.  Built  by  New  England  Concrete  Const.  Co.  H.  F.  Abbott.  Arch't. 


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THE  VAN  GUILDER  HOLLOW  WALL  COMPANY,  ROCHESTER,  N.  Y. 


Residence  No.  30.  Estate  Dr.  Charles  R.  Pullen,  Rochester,  N.  Y.  Cottage,  Garage,  Stable 


HOUSE.  FOJG-  DIO  O  PULLEN  •  GREECE.  •  N-Y- 
CLEMENT  5G  NEWKUUC- ARCHITECT  •  CUTLEIG  B'LDd  *  IUDCHE5TE1GN-Y* 


CHARLES  R.  PULLEN. 

187  Main  St.,  E., 

Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  18,  1913. 

The  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

Thinking  that  perhaps  my  experience  in  the 
use  of  the  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Machine 
might  be  of  interest  to  some  poor  “Unbeliever” 

I  take  pleasure  in  relating  the  same,  with  the 
hope  that  it  be  of  service  in  helping  to  edu¬ 
cate  others  to  what  has  proven  so  beneficial  to 
myself. 

Having  lived  in  climates  so  different  to  that 
of  New  York  State,  I  was  at  a  loss  to  find  a 
building  method  that  would  meet  my  ideas  and 
give  me  the  buildings  I  required  and  keep 
within  the  limits  of  my  pocket-book.  I  turned 
down  the  many  methods  suggested  to  me,  until 
by  chance  I  heard  of  the  Van  Guilder  process, 
which  immediately  appealed  to  me  from  many 
standpoints.  After  full  investigation  I  used 
your  machine  in  building  my  poultry  house  with 
such  good  results  that  I  continued  by  build¬ 
ing  a  combination  house,  to  be  used  as  man’s 
house,  garage  and  barn. 

With  experience  proving  the  adaptability 
of  the  method  to  any  class  of  structure,  I  pro¬ 
ceeded  with  the  main  house,  novel  in  architecture  for  this 
part  of  the  country. 

I  find  on  nearing  completion  of  my  entire  work,  that  1 
have  buildings,  beautiful  in  architecture,  substantial,  weather¬ 
proof,  and  a  group  of  buildings  that  I  could  not  duplicate  in 
any  other  material  and  give  me  as  great  a  value  as  I  have 
been  able  to  by  this  method,  at  anything  like  the  same  price. 

I  am  so  well  satisfied  with  the  results  that  I  feel  that  I  can¬ 
not  recommend  your  machine  too  highly  for  use  on  almost 
any  size  or  style  of  buildin.;.  If  the  machine  is  used  with  any¬ 
thing  like  ordinary  care,  better  results  may  be  obtained  than 
with  any  other  method  in  common  use  to-day  and  at  a  less 
cost. 


Before  closing,  I  wish  to  thank  you  for  the  man  you  recom¬ 
mended  to  me,  Mr.  Frank  Wyland.  I  found  him  very  com¬ 
petent,  not  only  in  the  use  of  your  machine,  but  anywhere  you 
wish  to  place  him,  so  much  so  that  I  placed  him  in  full  charge 
of  all  the  building  operations  and  have  received  some  ex¬ 
cellent  results.  He  is  absolutely  trustworthy  and  takes  the 
same  interest  in  the  work  as  if  it  were  his  own. 

I  consider  that  you  are  very  fortunate  in  having  as  reliable 
a  man  on  your  staff  of  operators  and  again  wish  to  thank 
you  for  sending  him  to  me. 

Thanking  you  for  courtesies  received  at  your  hands,  I  beg 
to  remain,  Yours  truly, 

(Signed)  CHARLES  R.  PULLEN. 


THE  VAN  GUILDER  HOLLOW  WALL  COMPANY,  ROCHESTER,  N.  Y. 


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No.  32.  Residence  of  Everett  White,  Esq.,  Oxford  Street  Extension,  Winchester,  Mass.  Robt.  Coit,  Architect,  S5  Water  Street, 
Boston.  F.  O.  White  Construction  Co.,  Builders,  183  River  Street,  Cambridge,  Mass. 


F.  O.  White  Construction  Co. 

183  River  St.,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Dec.  5,  1912. 

The  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen  : — 

Under  separate  cover  we  are  sending  you  a  print  of  a 
Hollow  Wall  house  we  have  built  in  Winchester,  Mass.  It 
has  given  satisfaction  in  every  way  to  the  owner  and  architect 


and  we  must  admit  that  we  are  also  pleased  with  the  building 
both  in  construction  and  cost.  This  house  is  35  ft.  x  30  ft.  and 
19  ft.  high  with  a  cellar  of  seven  feet  clear  and  the  hollow 
walls  were  built  at  a  cost  for  labor  of  $169.50.  The  outside 
stucco  finish  cost  us  $92.00. 

This  was  the  third  piece  of  work  that  my  operator  built. 
The  work  before  was  a  cellar  wall  and  a  one-story  garage. 

Trusting  the  prints  will  be  of  use  to  you,  we  remain, 

Respectfully  yours, 

(Signed)  F.  O.  White  Construction  Co. 


When  writing  to  people  whose  addresses  are  given  in  our  literature,  kindly  inclose 
a  self  addressed  and  stamped  return  envelope 


Hagerstown,  Md.,  Dec.  15th,  1913. 
Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co., 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Dear  Sirs : — 

The  photo  sent  you  is  of  a  double 
house  we  built  for  Mr.  Geo.  Rowe. 
Walls  are  4  in.  thick  above  cellar;  cellar 
walls  4  in.  and  6  in.  A  4  in.  4  in.  par¬ 
tition  wall  between  the  two  sides.  Out¬ 
side  wall  received  smooth  stucco  finish 
and  when  dry  a.  light  yellow  “White 
House”  finish.  The  hollow  partition 
wall  effectually  deadens  all  sound  so  that 
the  family  on  one  side  hears  nothing 
from  other  side.  The  house  gives  great 
satisfaction  to  occupants.  Mr.  Rowe  sold 
the  house  before  it  was  quite  finished. 
The  carpenters  expressed  themselves  as 
favorably  impressed  with  this  style  of 
construction.  The  contracting  carpenter 
said  he  found  everything  unusually  true 
and  level,  and  said  he  believed  this 
would  be  the  coming  system.  Not  only 
can  the  carpenters  finish  at  less  cost,  but 
we  find  also  considerable  saving  in  cost 
of  plastering. 

We  can  put  finish  or  white  coat  right  on 
the  wall.  A  Hollow  Wall  house  has  the 
advantage  every  way,  as  it  appears  to  us, 
over  any  other  construction.  We  expect 
plenty  of  work  in  this  line  next  season. 

Respectfully, 

J.  FORWARD. 


No.  33.  Double  House  for  Geo.  Rowe,  Erected  by  J.  Forward, 
17  N.  Locust  Street,  Hagerstown,  Md. 


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No  35.  Garage  36  ft.  x  42  ft.  Mr.  E.  P.  Rowe,  Owner,  Brookline,  Ma<s. 
Erected  by  the  F  O.  White  Construction  Co. ,  183  River  St  ,  Cambridge,  Mass. 


161  Devonshire  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

1123  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

John  T.  Wrinkle.  Albert  A.  Blodgett. 

Henry  Rowe. 

Architects. 

Boston,  Mass.,  December  11,  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Company, 

718  Chamber  of  Commerce  Building, 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

We  are  in  receipt  of  your  letter  of  December 
9th  together  with  cuts  of  garage  which  we 
have  recently  completed  at  Brookline,  Mass. 
We  used  the  Van  Guilder  System  in  its  con¬ 
struction  and  the  result  thus  far  has  been  en¬ 
tirely  satisfactory. 

We  hope  to  use  your  system  on  more  im¬ 
portant  work  in  the  future. 

Very  truly  yours, 

(Signed)  A.  A.  BLODGETT. 


GEORGE  D.  M ARDEN. 

Dealer  in  Lumber.  Custom-Sawing  and  Plan¬ 
ing  Mill. 


New  Boston,  N.  H.,  Dec.  19,  1913. 


Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen  : — 

Enclosed  find  photo  of  garage  which  I  built 
for  my  own  use  with  the  outfit  purchased  of 
you.  It  is  30x38-9  ft.  post,  two  4  in.  walls  rein¬ 
forced  with  galvanized  twisted  fencing.  The 
mix  was  4  to  1  using  hank  gravel.  Walls  are 
as  hard  as  granite,  and  I  find  it  very  easy  to 
heat.  I  am  well  pleased  with  it  and  shall  use 
your  method  of  construction  on  all  buildings 
which  I  erect  hereafter. 

As  to  the  cost,  I  can’t  give  you  much  data 
on  that  as  I  erected  it  with  my  own  help  at 
odd  jobs  and  did  not  keep  track  of  time  on 
the  job. 

There  was  used  in  its  construction  100  bar¬ 
rels  of  cement  which  included  a  cellar  9x30 
with  2  in.  floor  in  same  and  a  5  in.  reinforced 
floor  over  it,  the  rest  of  floor  4  in.  The  foun¬ 
dation  for  side  walls  varied  from  3  ft.  to  6  ft. 
in  depth,  15  in.  thick.  This  is  the  first  building  of 
I  think,  be  used  more  next  year. 


No.  36.  Front  of  Rowe  Garage.  Entirely  built  of  concrete  and  steel,  the  doors 
bring  the  only  wood  used.  The  cast  concrete  cornice  is  an 
unusual  and  finely  executed  detail 

this  construction  around  here  and  has  created  much  interest,  and  will, 
Respectfully  yours,  i  • 


(Signed)  G.  D.  M ARDEN. 


No.  37.  Garage  30  ft.  x  38  ft.  Geo.  D.  Marden,  New  Boston,  N.  H., 

Builder  and  Owner 


Autos 

Autos  are  delicate  machines.  They 
will  last  longer  and  run  better  if  properly 
housed. 

Garages 

A  garage  should  be  fireproof,  frostproof 
and  free  from  dampness — warm  in  winter 
and  cool  in  summer. 

Constructed  with  Van  Guilder  Hollow 
Wall  Machines  it  will  have  all  these  qual¬ 
ities  in  greater  degree  than  if  built  by  any 
other  means  of  construction,  and  yet  will 
cost  no  more. 


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No.  38.  Sanitary  Cow  Stable, 
34  ft.  x  50  ft.,  at  “Bethshan  in 
the  Woods,”  Middletown,  R.  I.', 
Mrs.  T.  K.  Gibbs,  owner.  De¬ 
signed  by  Robert  Frame,  C.  E. 
Built  by  B.  T.  White,  Contractor, 
9  Whitehall  St.,  Newport,  R.  I. 


BENJAMIN  T.  WHITE. 

Mason,  and  Contractor. 

No.  9  Whitehall  St. 

Newport,  R.  I.,  Nov.  16,  1912. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Company, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

It  is  now  more  than  a  year  ago  since  I  pur¬ 
chased  my  machine  from  you  and  I  think  I  owe 
you  an  apology  for  not  answering  your  letter. 

I  have  built  five  cellar  foundation  walls,  ar.d 
two  small  buildings  and  a  barn  34x50  ft.,  9  ft. 
walls,  and  creamery  16x20  ft.  with  an  Ell  8x8,  9 
ft.  walls.  These  buildings  are  finished  on  the 
outside  with  rough  cast  stucco  and  plastered  di¬ 
rectly  on  the  inside  walls  with  a  stucco  mixed 
with  white  Portland  Cement  which  has  resulted 
in  a  very  clean,  sanitary  appearance. 

Inclosed  find  photographs  of  both  buildings, 
also  inside  view  of  the  barn. 

(Signed)  B.  T.  WHITE. 


No.  39.  Interior  View  of  Mrs.  Gibbs’  Sanitary  Stable.  Plastered  on  the 
inside  with  White  Portland  Cement 


No.  40.  Sanitary  Creamery,  16 
x  20  ft.,  with  Ell  8  ft.  x  8  ft.,  at 
‘‘Bethshan  in  the  Woods,”  Mid¬ 
dletown,  R.  I.,  Mrs.  T.  K.  Gibbs, 
Owner.  Designed  by  Robert 
Frame,  C.  E.  Built  by  B.  T. 
White,  Contractor,  9  Whitehall 
St. ,  Newport,  R.  I. 


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THE  VAN  GUILDER  HOLLOW  WALL  COMPANY,  ROCHESTER,  N.  Y. 


No.  43.  Erected  by  W.  N.  Britton,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


No.  44.  Erected  by  Wm.  J.  McGowan,  Janesville,  Wis. 


No.  41.  Double  House  at  1631  and  1633  E.  12th  St.,  Bor¬ 
ough  of  Brooklyn,  New  York  City,  built  by  the  Hollow 
Wall  Construction  Co.,  280  Broadway,  New 
York  City.  Chas.  Rost,  Owner. 


Thomasville,  N.  C.,  Jan.  8,  1914. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Company, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

We  purchased  one  of  the  houses  put  up  by  the  Hollow  Wall 
Construction  Company  of  New  York.  Our  house  is  situated  at 
1631  East  12th  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

The  house  is  really  better  than  we  expected.  We  find  it  is 
the  warmest  house  we  have  ever  lived  in  and  does  not  take 
much  coal  to  heat  it. 

Everything  is  perfectly  dry;  the  walls  are  so  constructed 
that  you  cannot  hear  any  noise  or  any  wind  even  in  the  worst 
storm. 

We  will  cheerfully  answer  any  letter  asking  for  further  in¬ 
formation.  Yours  truly, 

(Signed)  CHAS.  ROST, 

MRS.  CHAS.  ROST. 


When  writing  to  people  whose  addresses  are  given  in  our 
literature,  kindly  inclose  a  self  addressed  and  stamped  return 
envelope. 


No.  42.  Residence  of  E.  E.  Murray, 

South  Bend,  Ind. 

WM.  J.  McGOWAN 
Contractor  and  Modern  House  Builder 
Randall  Avenue 

Janesville,  Wis.,  Nov.  22,  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

I  am  sending  under  separate  cover  two  photographs  of  build¬ 
ings  built  with  your  machines  this  season.  I  am  sorry  I  was 
unable  to  have  the  two  little  farm  buildings  taken.  The  pho¬ 
tographer  did  not  care  to  take  the  trip  out. 

Will  say  I  am  very  well  pleased  with  the  construction  so  far 
and  expect  to  make  a  specialty  of  it.  A  great  number  of 
people  are  interested  in  it  and  have  come  around  several  times 
to  see  the  work  under  construction. 

We  have  organized  a  Builders’  Exchange  in  this  city  and 
expect  to  have  a  piece  of  wall  in  the  exhibit  room. 

The  cost  per  foot  has  run  about  14  cents.  We  were  able  to 
get  scrap  wire  from  the  local  barb  wire  company  for  $1.25 
per  100  lbs.,  which  suited  the  purpose  as  well  as  new  wire. 
Cement  cost  $1.65  per  bbl. ;  gravel  from  pit,  70  cents  per  load 
of  1 J4  yards;  laborers,  25  cents  per  hour.  Three  laborers  were 
all  that  were  necessary. 

Yours  truly, 

W.  J.  McGOWAN. 


No.  45.  Eight-room  Cottages  erected  by  Mr.  W.  N.  Britton,  1587  Dewey  Ave.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


Mr.  Britton  has  built  quite  extensively  homes  for 
Kodak  Park  Employees  and  is  positive  the  Van 
Guilder  Machine  is  right  for  the  builder  and  the 
owner.  He  has  still  in  use  one  of  these  machines 
which  has  built  its  thirty-sixth  building  and  is  a  good 
machine  to-day.  On  these  thirty-six  buildings,  25x27 
and  27x29,  eight  rooms  and  bath,  the  builder  has  made 
a  saving  over  frame  construction  of  more  than  $200 

WILLIS  N.  BRITTON 

1549  Dewey  Ave.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  5,  1914. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

Some  six  years  ago  I  started  to  build  cellars  with  the  hollow 
wall  machines  as  they  appealed  to  me  from  a  builders’  stand¬ 
point  because  they  were  so  much  cheaper  and  more  easily  con¬ 
structed  than  any  other  system  I  have  been  able  to  secure. 
Then  finding  the  many  advantages  they  had  over  a  solid  wall, 
it  appeared  to  me  that  the  same  system  would  make  a  better 
house  as  well  as  a  better  cellar.  I  built  two  houses  the  first 
year,  ten  the  second  year  and  have  increased  the  number  each 
year.  I  have  now  eighty  houses  which  I  rent,  the  larger  por¬ 
tion  of  them  being  built  by  this  system.  I  have  also  built  and 
sold  many  of  this  style  as  well  as  frame  houses  and  find  the 
so-called  thermos  houses  sell  better,  rent  better,  mortgage  for 
more,  and  give  much  better  satisfaction  to  the  occupants. 

I  have  often  heard  my  tenants  mention  how  easily  these 
houses  are  heated  and  how  comfortable  they  are  in  summer, 
and  can  now  verify  their  statements  from  my  own  experience, 
having  lived  a  year  in  my  twenty-room  residence  which  I 
built  with  your  machine. 

Very  truly  yours, 

(Signed)  W.  N.  BRITTON. 


per  house,  and  sold  them  for  $300  more  than  if  built 
with  wood,  making  a  net  profit  of  $18,000  on  this  one 
machine.  Twenty  per  cent,  is  saved  on  insurance; 
higher  rents  are  obtained. 

These  figures  are  so  remarkable  that  they  seem  al¬ 
most  unbelievable.  Yet  they  can  be  verified  by  writ¬ 
ing  the  builder,  W.  N.  Britton,  1587  Dewey  Avenue, 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 


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No.  47.  Residence  of  F.  J.  Wagner,  Sunnybrook  Farm,  Long  Island  Sound  Smitlitown,  Long  Island,  N  Y. 

The  Craftsman,  Aichitects,  New  York  City 


Rock  Island,  Que.,  June  21,  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

I  intended  to  write  before  but  have  been  too  busy.  We 
were  two  weeks  getting  started  with  the  machine.  Took  us 
less  than  one  hour  to  ‘‘get  on  to  its  curves.”  Since  then  we’ve 
been  doing  fine  work.  No  trouble  at  all. 

1  consider  the  Hollow  Wall  the  perfection  in  concrete  con¬ 
struction.  I've  been  building  house  and  barn  for  myself,  half 
timbered,  concrete  panels  but  I  prefer  your  method  of  build¬ 
ing  and  wish  I  had  known  of  your  machine  a  year  ago. 

I  wish  you  to  use  my  work  in  any  way  that  seems  best  to 
you  to  FORWARD  THE  CAUSE.  There  are  some  things 
that  come  out  at  intervals  that  are  PUBLIC  BENEFAC¬ 


TIONS,  and  I  consider  the  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Ma¬ 
chine  one  of  them. 

I  would  like  to  have  all  the  buildings  in  this  part  of  the 
country  erected  that  way.  Now  as  to  saving  in  the  cost  of 
construction  over  the  method  used  on  my  house,  it  would  be 
hard  for  me  to  give  exact  figures.  Mr.  Kinsman  and  I  con¬ 
cluded  that  we  could  have  erected  the  walls  for  50%  of  what 
they  cost  me.  The  PIollow  Wall  would  have  been  better  in 
every  way,  the  cellar  particularly  would  have  been  more  de¬ 
sirable  than  now. 

Since  realizing  the  advantages  of  the  Hollow  Wall  I  wish  I 
had  the  job  to  do  over  again. 

The  work  is  attracting  much  attention  here  and  I  look  for 
a  good  business  for  the  machines  in  this  section. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

(Signed)  C.  W.  STEVENS. 


No.  48.  Estate  of  Chas.  W.  Stevens  at  Rock  Island,  Quebec,  Canada.  The  Craftsman,  New  York  City,  Architects. 
Chas  Kinsman,  Rochester,  Vt  ,  Builder.  Mr.  Stevens  had  built  his  residence  before  learning  of  our  machines, 
but  erected  the  buildings  in  the  foreground  with  them.  Read  his  letter  on  this  page. 


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No.  49.  Residence  J.  H.  Fitts,  Audubon  Place,  Tuscaloosa,  Ala. 


ALLEN  &  JEMISON  CO. 
Hardware 
Building  Materials 

Tuscaloosa,  Ala.,  December  8,  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Company, 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen  : — 

We  have  sold  two  of  your  Hollow 
Wall  Concrete  Machines  in  this  market; 
several  houses  have  been  constructed 
with  them  which  are  giving  entire  satis¬ 
faction.  It  is  taking  the  place  almost  en¬ 
tirely  of  the  Hollow  Blocks,  and  is  being 
used  largely  in  the  place  of  frame  and 
brick  veneer,  and  we  believe  will  grow 
in  popularity. 

Yours  very  truly, 

(Signed)  ALLEN  &  JEMISON  CO. 


When  writing  to  people  whose  ad¬ 
dresses  are  given  in  our  literature,  kindly 
inclose  a  self  addressed  and  stamped  re¬ 
turn  envelope. 


No.  50.  Store  for  H  S  Hinklry  Tuscaloosa,  Ala 


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No.  51.  Ice  House  30  ft.  x  45  ft.  x  20  ft.,  Creamery  30  ft.  x  41  ft.  x  12  ft.,  Shed  14  ft.  x  15  ft.,  Boltonville,  Vermont. 
Designed  and  Built  by  the  Owners,  H.  P.  Hood  &  Sons,  Boston,  Mass.  Walls  built  with 
temperature  below  freezing  by  our  new  process  of  Curing  by  Steam. 


The  construction  of  this  building  for  one  of  New 
England’s  largest  and  best  known  firms  is  of  especial 
interest  to  those  having  to  build  and  maintain  a  large 
number  of  widely  scattered  plants. 

Our  equipment  is  so  easily  moved  and  so  simple  to 
operate  that  every  advantage  of  local  unskilled  labor  and 
cheap  concrete  materials  can  be  secured  with  minimum 
overhead  charges. 

This  building  stands  on  the  foundation  of  a  plant 
recently  destroyed  by  fire  and  was  built  with  a  view  to 
securing  a  non-burning  and  sanitary  construction  at  low 
cost. 

Cured  by  Steam 

Season  for  Building  Hollow  Concrete 
Walls  Greatly  Extended 

The  walls  of  H.  P.  Hood  &  Sons  Ice  House  and 
Creamery  shown  above  were  erected  when  the  temper¬ 
ature,  much  of  the  time,  was  below  freezing.  This 
would  have  been  impossible  but  for  the  fact  that  our  Mr. 
C.  D.  Gilbert,  who  was  on  the 
job  to  expedite  the  work,  con¬ 
ceived  the  idea  of  turning  steam 
from  a  boiler  on  the  plant  into 
the  air-chamber.  By  this  means 
the  walls  were  hardened  quickly 
and  the  work  progressed  rapidly, 
the  entire  walls  being  erected  in 
three  weeks. 

This  discovery  is  of  very  great 
importance  to  the  users  of  our 
machines  as  by  this  economical 
method  the  working  season  can 
be  greatly  extended,  the  walls  be¬ 
ing  equal  to  or  better  than  when 
cured  in  the  natural  way.  (For 
details  see  Appendix,  1914  Edition 
of  Instruction  Book.) 


Established  1846  Incorporated 

H.  P.  HOOD  &  SONS 

Wholesale  and  Retail 

MILK  DEALERS 

494  Rutherford  Ave.,  Charlestown,  Mass.  193  Alley  St.,  Lynn.  Mass. 

24  Anson  St.,  Forest  Hills,  425  Main  St.  Malden,  Mass.  252  Bridge  St.  Salem,  Mass. 
289  Pleasant  St  ,  Watertown,  Mass.  Derry,  New  Hampshire 
629  Common  St.,  Lawrence,  Mass.  66  and  68  Lake  Ave  ,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Charleston,  Mass.,  Dec.  30,  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co., 

718  Chamber  of  Commerce  Bldg., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

Replying  to  your  letter  of  December  26th,  we  have  no  ob¬ 
jection  to  you  using  our  name  as  the  owners  of  the  building 
at  Boltonville,  Vermont,  that  you  built  with  your  Hollow  Wall 
Machine. 

I  have  not  seen  the  building  since  it  was  completed,  but  our 
Mr.. Guthrie  who  had  charge  of  the  work,  says  it  is  as  solid 
as  the  Rock  of  Gibraltar,  and  he  is  satisfied  that  we  got  a 
first-class  building. 

If  this  building  proves  as  substantial  as  we  now  think  it  is, 
we  shall  build  our  creameries  of  cement  in  the  future,  as  they 
are  absolutely  fireproof,  sanitary,  and  very  much  easier  to 
heat  in  the  cold  weather.  Yours  truly, 

(Signed)  E.  J.  HOOD,  Vice-Pres. 


No.  53.  Motion  Picture  Theatre,  under  construction,  at  Tiffin,  Ohio.  (Walls  to  be  stuccoed.)  Dimensions  27  ft.  x  70  ft. 

Designed  and  built  by  the  Baumgardner  Concrete  Products  Co. 


BAUMGARDNER  CONCRETE  PROCUCTS  CO. 

General  Contractors  and  Builders 

Tiffin,  Ohio,  December  22,  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

We  are  sending  you  to-day  under  separate  cover  photo  and 
plate  of  the  Motion  Picture  Theater  we  built  with  your  sys¬ 
tem.  The  theater  was  designed  and  built  by  the  writer.  The 
dimensions  are  27x70  ft.  and  it  has  a  seating  capacity  of  300. 
There  is  no  cellar  under  the  front  part  but  in  the  rear  there 
is  a  reinforced  concrete  heater  room  15x27x7. 

We  have  not  as  yet  completed  our  cost  records  on  this  job, 
but  will  let  you  know  as  the  writer  expects  to  attend  the  show 
at  Chicago.  We  are  at  present  at  work  on  a  $6,000  dwelling 
house  which  we  are  building  of  rough  texture  brick,  wire  cut, 
with  Yz  in.  raked  mortar  joints,  over  plans  furnished  by  H.  J. 
Milllett,  architect,  Sandusky,  Ohio. 

We  think  this  house  could  be  built  with  a  saving  of  at 
least  $800  by  your  method,  and  think  it  would  be  advisable 
for  you  to  familiarize  architects  with  the  saving  in  cost  with 
your  system  of  construction. 

We  are  well  pleased  with  the  way  the  machines  worked  and 
look  for  a  big  season  of  building  the  coming  year. 

With  best  wishes  for  a  prosperous  New  Year,  we  are, 
Yours  very  truly, 

(Signed)  Baumgardner  Concrete  Products  Co. 


MEXICO  WOOLEN  MILLS 

(incorporated) 

Fancy  Yarns ,  Blankets  and  IVoolen  Goods 

Mexico,  Indiana,  July  22,  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Company, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

We  have  been  too  interested  in  the  machine  and  the  build¬ 
ing  to  think  about  the  fellows  that  built  it.  One  thing  sure, 
we  have  convinced  the  natives  that  wet  concrete  will  not 
collapse  if  we  do  remove  the  machine  immediately  after  we 
quit  tamping. 

Our  building  is  75x150  feet  and  we  have  the  walls  standing 
about  five  feet  deep  with  water  in  the  air  space  for  the  con¬ 
venience  of  workmen  to  draw  water  at  the  several  faucets 
located  at  various  places  so  it  will  be  handy  to  wash  the 
machines  and  any  other  tools. 

This  water  is  supplied  with  a  small  water  wheel  placed  on 
our  dam  nearby;  we  use  a  common  force  pump  and  it  runs 
all  the  time,  keeping  the  wall  full  to  the  windows. 

Block  men  who  were  wise  heretofore  have  retired.  We 
will  answer  any  questions  that  would-be  purchasers  may  ask. 

Respectfully, 

(Signed)  Mexico  Woolen  Mills, 

Per  S.  M.  Black,  Pres. 


No.  54.  Factory  and  Dam  of  Mexico  Woolen  Mills,  Mexico,  Ind.  Building  75  ft.  x  150  ft. 


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No  55.  Plant  of  Medina  Iron  and  Brass  Co.,  Medina,  N.  Y.,  showing  buildings  mentioned  in  their  letter. 

Rear  building  90  ft.  x  150  ft. 


MEDINA  IRON  &  BRASS  COMPANY 

Medina,  N.  Y.,  June  25,  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

We  are  mailing  photos  of  our  first  building,  26x42x22  ft., 
which  your  Mr.  Lewis  erected  with  your  Hollow  Wall  ma¬ 
chines,  also  a  photo  showing  the  outlines  of  our  second  build¬ 
ing,  90x140  ft.  Other  large  buildings  will  follow. 

Within  fifteen  days  of  the  completion  of  the  walls,  we 
loaded  heavy  machinery  on  to  the  first  and  second  floors  and 
turned  on  the  power.  Not  a  particle  of  vibration  was  notice¬ 
able  in  any  part  of  the  building.  The  walls  are  hardening 
down  like  flint  and  the  building  is  as  solid  as  a  rock  from 
foundation  to  roof  plate.  The  concrete  mix  was  1-2-4  or  what 
is  termed  1-6. 

Cost  of  gravel,  $1.35  per  yd.;  cost  of  cement,  $1.35  per  bbl. ; 
four  men,  $2.00  per  day ;  expert  operator,  $5.00  per  day ;  ex¬ 
pert’s  board  and  traveling  expenses,  $2.00  per  day;  reinforc¬ 
ing  and  ties,  $9.00; 

The  walls  were  erected  in  twelve  days. 

Cost  of  walls  (two  4in.  walls)  14c  per  sq.  ft.  (No  allowance 
for  openings.. 


None  biit  common  laborers  were  employed  on  the  walls  ex¬ 
cepting  your  Mr.  Lewis  and  our  operator  who  became  so  ex¬ 
pert  on  this  one  building  under  Mr.  Lewis’  instruction  that 
he  is  now  perfectly  competent  to  run  the  machines  on  all  our 
large  buildings. 

We  feel  that  your  system  of  construction  will  be  an  import¬ 
ant  factor  in  our  enterprise  here  in  many  ways.  We  can 
safely  say  to  others  that  they  will  make  no  mistake  in  using 
the  Van  Guilder  System.  We  often  think  of  our  narrow 
escape  in  deciding  between  building  with  wood  and  your 
construction. 

We  were  ready  to  sign  a  contract  for  wood  construction 
when  our  attention  was  called  to  your  method.  The  contract 
included  the  same  roof,  floor  and  floor  beams  and  the  outside 
sheathing  and  clapboards,  with  no  lath  or  plaster  on  the  in¬ 
side.  Your  method  has  competed  successfully  with  this  cheap 
frame  construction  in  price  while  in  intrinsic  value  it  is  greatly 
superior  on  account  of  the  saving  in  repairs,  fuel  and  insur¬ 
ance  and  because  of  its  infinitely  greater  permanence. 

We  are  satisfied  that  you  not  only  have  the  best  construc¬ 
tion  on  the  market,  but  the  most  economical. 

Yours  very  truly, 

MEDINA  IRON  &  BRASS  COMPANY, 

(Signed)  By  T.  H.  Agnew,  Treas. 


No.  56.  Hollow  Wall  Machine  Constructing  Cellar  Foundation. 
No  forms  or  lumber  used 


No. 57  Usual  Method  of  Constructing  Solid  Concrete  Walls. 
Our  process  saves  this  waste  of  lumber  and  expense 
of  putting  up  and  taking  down  the  forms 


CELLAR  CON  TRACTORS— With  our  machines  you  can  under-bid  all  other  methods  of  cellar  wall  construction  and  make  good  profits. 
You  save  all  the  expense  of  wooden  forms  and  more.  The  outfit  is  light  and  easily  moved  from  job  to  job.  No  one  can  compete  with  you.  In 
a  short  time  you  will  he  taking  contracts  for  the  entire  walls  of  buildings.  Dampness  and  cold  will  not  pass  the  continuous  dead  air  space  and  the 
walls  will  be  dry.  M  tny  persons  having  our  cellars  fit  up  attractive  and  comfortable  billiard  rooms  in  them. 


No.  58.  Green  House,  40  ft.  x  90  ft. ,  Erie,  Pa.  J.  K.  Steele,  Owner,  1418  Buffalo  Road. 

A.  G.  Morrison,  Builder,  1101  State  St. 


MORRISON  SALES  COMPANY 
Manufacturers'  Agents 
1101  State  St.,  Erie,  Pa.,  Nov.  25.  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen 

Enclosed  please  find  cut  of  Greenhouse  which  we  built  with 
one  of  your  machines.  We  are  sure  that  this  makes  an  ideal 
wall  for  this  purpose. 

We  are  planning  to  erect  a  number  of  houses  the  coming 
season  as  every  job  we  did  last  summer  proved  a  great  suc¬ 
cess  and  all  owners  are  well  pleased. 

We  are  now  figuring  with  a  party  on  a  barn  50x80  ft.  Will 
you  kindly  send  us  about  25  of  your  best  circulars  for  use  in 
interesting  people  in  this  method  of  construction. 

Yours  very  truly,  A.  G.  MORRISON. 

South  Easton,  Mass.,  July  25,  1913. 
The  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Gentlemen  : — 

I  am  writing  you  to  express  the  satisfaction  I  have  received 
from  the  use  of  your  Hollow  Wall  Machine.  I  started  in  the 
Poultry  business  some  years  ago  on  a  small  scale  and  about  a 
year  ago  decided  to  purchase  a  farm  and  develop  a  modern 
poultry  plant.  Your  construction  was  brought  to  my  attention, 
and  I  will  describe  my  first  poultry  house  built  with  the  Hol¬ 
low  Wall  machine. 

A  foundation  was  first  built  of  rough  stone,  the  size  of  the 
building  raising  it  about  19  in.  from  the  ground  to  insure  a 
dry  floor.  The  walls  are  two  3  in.  walls  with  a  2b4  in.  air 
space,  Sy3  in.  in  all,  and  it  is  surprising  how  quickly  a  cement 
building  can  be  put  up  with  one  of  these  machines,  for  it 


eliminates  all  board  forms  to  hold  in  the  cement  walls  while 
hardening  and  leaves  proper  space  for  windows  and  doors. 
This  house  completed  in  the  fall  of  1912  was  15x30  ft.  out¬ 
side  and  wintered  seventy-five  hens  comfortably.  The  front 
wall  is  5  ft.  high,  the  rear  wall  6  ft.,  and  the  peak  of  the  roof 
12  ft.,  the  roof  being  of  the  semi-monitor  type. 

The  walls  are  plastered  smooth  inside  and  out  with  no 
place  for  vermin  to  live.  The  little  woodwork  used  is  white¬ 
washed  and  all  openings  covered  with  half-inch  mesh  netting. 
Partitions  are  of  wire  netting.  This  house,  while  not  started 
until  fall,  was  built  entirely  by  myself  at  spare  time  with 
occasional  help  from  my  wife  and  friends  and  it  is  surprising 
how  quickly  the  walls  were  put  up.  Although  I  had  to  buy 
gravel  and  sand  at  $1.35  per  yd.,  I  found  the  cost  about  the 
same  as  for  a  good  wooden  house. 

Some  of  the  nice  things  about  this  concrete  poultry  house 
are  that  it  is  warm  and  dry  in  winter;  cool  in  summer,  and 
absence  of  lice,  rats  and  mice;  also  freedom  from  repairs, 
and  with  several  inches  of  dirt  on  floors  and  about  6  inches 
of  scratching  litter,  there  was  no  let  up  of  plenty  of  fresh 
eggs  from  the  hens  in  this  house,  although  in  the  wooden  hen 
houses  they  had  let  up  almost  altogether.  This  house  is  so 
satisfactory,  I  intend  to  extend  it  to  about  120  feet  and  will 
build  a  much  larger  house  of  the  same  type,  about  24x200  ft. ; 
also  other  permanent  buildings  on  the  farm  as  may  become 
necessary  with  this  type  of  machine,  as  the  cost  of  construct¬ 
ing  a  cement  building  or  a  wooden  building  is  very  nearly 
the  same  and  the  repairs  on  a  cement  building  are  practically 
nothing. 

The  great  satisfaction  this  building  has  given  me  led  me  to 
think  others  who  are  to  build  would  like  to  know  of  this  con- 

_ st  ruction.  Very  truly  yours, 

(Signed)  A.  L.  TURNER, 

South  Easton,  Mass. 


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No  59.  Poultry  House,  So.  Easton,  Mass.,  owned  and  built  by  H.  L.  Turner 


CROS5  SECTION 
No.  60 


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No.  61.  Plant  of  Orrtanna  Canning  Co.,  Orrtanna,  Pa.  Main  Building  32  ft.  x  255  ft.,  Ell  20  ft.  x  100  ft. 


ORRTANNA  CANNING  COMPANY 


J.  T.  DONAHOO 


Orrtanna,  Pa.,  July  17,  1913. 


Civil  Engineering  : :  Concrete  Building  Material 


Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

Please  send  information  and  price  of  your  concrete  mixer. 
We  have  our  factory  almost  completed;  used  only  ordinary 
laborers  under  our  own  guidance. 

Were  not  able  to  have  any  pictures  made  during  construc¬ 
tion  but  will  send  some  of  completed  building  later. 

Yours  very  truly, 

ORRTANNA  CANNING  COMPANY, 

(Signed)  Per  Ivan  Z.  Musselman. 


No.  62.  Barn  and  Silo  for  J.  W.  Shidler,  Marianna,  Pa. 
J.  T.  Donahoo,  C.  E.,  Builder 


Marianna,  Pa.,  Jan.  5,  1914 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

Replying  to  your  letter  of  Nov.  17th  concerning  the  use 
of  your  Silo  and  Hollow  Wall  machines,  I  am  glad  to  state 
that  they  have  both  proved  very  satisfactory.  Under  my 
superintendence  we  have  constructed  a  single  wall  silo,  14  ft. 
dia.,  height  28  ft.;  a  dairy  barn,  hollow  wall,  36x75  ft.;  one 
foundation  284  lin.  ft.  of  wall;  height  of  wall  8  ft. 

The  last  mentioned  wall  is  12 1/2  in.  thick,  hollow.  It  was 
built  by  myself  and  three  laborers  in  10  days.  Total  cost 
$297.50,  or  10j4c  per  sq.  ft.  unfinished  or  $4.58  per  cu.  yd. 

I  used  for  aggregate  on  all  of  the  above  work,  except  silo 
slag  screenings  or  flux  from  the  iron  mills.  This  material 
runs  from  in.  size  to  dust,  requires  no  sand  and  works  very 
well  with  plenty  of  water. 

I  have  given  particular  attention  to  this  method  of  narrow 
wall  concrete  construction,  and  believe  it  to  be  the  most 
economical,  the  most  rapid,  and  the  most  substantial  of  any 
that  I  have  yet  seen.  I  herewith  give  you  actual  cost  of  silo, 
diameter  14  ft.,  height  28  ft.,  single  wall  7  in.  thick,  reinforced. 
2  laborers,  1*4  days,  each  @  $2.00  per  day  (excavating)$  5.00 

1  foreman  using  machine  11  days  @  $3.50  per  day....  38.50 

2  laborers,  11  days  each  @  $2.00  per  day .  44.00 

1  plasterer  2  days  @  $3.50  per  day .  7.00 

1  laborer,  2  days  @  $2.00  per  day .  4.00 

32  barrels  of  cement  @  $1.50  per  bbl.  delivered .  48.00 

30  cu.  yds.  sand  and  gravel  @  $1.75  per  yd.  delivered..  52.50 
Doors,  roofing,  reinforcing,  miscellaneous  and  carpen¬ 
ter  work  .  28.00 

Total  . $227.00 

Everybodv  building  or  contemplating  building  want  their 
work  done  with  a  “VAN  GUILDER  HOLLOW  WALL 
EORM.”  Yours  respectfully, 

(Signed)  J.  T.  DONAHOO,  Civil  Engineer. 


When  writing  to  people  whose  addresses  are 
given  in  our  literature,  kindly  enclose  a  self- 
addressed  and  stamped  return  envelope. 


No.  63.  Dry  Kiln  for  Waterville  Furniture  Co., 
Waterville,  Minn.  D.  J.  Menard,  Builder. 

21  ft.  x  70  ft.  3  Dividing  Walls 
10-inch  Reinforced  Roof 


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31 


We  have  prospects 
for  a  good  list  of 
silos  the  coming  sea¬ 
son. 


17  No.  Locust  St.,  Hagerstown,  Md. 
December  15th,  1913 
Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen  :  You  will  see  the  silo  shown  in  photo 
sent  is  not  finished  on  the  outside.  A  stucco  finish 
would,  of  course,  add  much  to  its  appearance.  Thorn¬ 
ton  Perry,  Esq.,  Charles  Town,  W.  Va.,  on  whose 
fine  farm  close  to  the  town  the  silo  is  built,  expresses 
himself  as  well  pleased  so  far  with  the  silo  and  the 
ensilage  he  is  feeding,  and  says  he  expects  to  have  us 
build  him  another  next  year.  I  have  received  a  letter 
from  Messrs.  Rouss  Bros.,  living  near  Charles  d  own  on  one  of  whose  farms  we  built  our  first  silo.  They  say  “The  silo  is  certainly  a 
great  success.  There  is  practically  no  loss  from  freezing  or  air  leakage,  and  we  are  more  than  pleased  with  the  silo. 

You  wished  report 
on  cost  of  silos.  On 
the  last  silo  we  built, 
we  furnished  every¬ 
thing  and  put  in 
foundations.  The 
silo  was  12  feet  in 
diameter,  25  feet 
high;  walls  4  inches 
and  4  inches.  We 
coated  inside  with 
cement  plaster, 
waterproofed  with 
T  r  u  s  c  o  n  Water¬ 
proofing  paste.  It 
cost  us  exactly  $8.00 
per  foot,  or  for  the 
twenty-five  feet  $200. 

We  are  open  to  put 
them  up  at  about 
$10.00  per  foot.  We 
used  limestone 
screenings,  one-half 
inch  down,  cost  85 
cents  per  ton  on  job. 

Sand  $1.50  a  ton. 

Cement  $1.35  a  bar¬ 
rel.  Used  two  help¬ 
ers,  $2.00  a  day 
each. 


No.  64.  Double  Wall  Silo  and  Creamery,  erected  on  the  farm  of  A.  T.  Ogden, 
Kinderhook,  N.  Y  ,  under  the  supervision  of  E.  M.  Santee, 

M.  D.,  State  Sanitary  and  Dairy  Expert  for  the  New 
York  State  Department  of  Agriculture 


E.  M.  Santee,  M.  D.,  Hinckley,  Me.,  was  until 
recently  Sanitary  and  Dairy  Expert  for  the  New 
York  State  Board  of  Agriculture. 

At  over  100  lectures  to  Farmers’  Institutes  under  the 
auspices  of  this  Board,  he  advised  the  farmers  to  use 
our  machine  to  construct  all  farm  buildings  and  silos. 

Dr.  Santee  resigned  from  the  State  Board  of  Agri¬ 
culture  to  become  Director  of  Agriculture  at  the  5,000 
acre  farm  of  the  Good  Will  Home  Association, 
Hinckley,  Me.  He  is  at  present  erecting  twenty-one 
large  farm  and  school  building  at  that  institution  with 
our  machines. 

The  following  quotations  are  taken  from  his  letters  : 

“The  machine  sent  to  this  institution  is  prized  very 
highly.  One  building  has  already  been  put  up  with  it 
by  the  boys  and  it  is  a  credit,  not  only  to  your  machine, 
but  to  those  who  operated  it  ” 

“I  am  so  surprised  at  the  simplicity  of  its  operation 
that  I  am  satisfied  that  anyone  who  knows  enough  to 
manage  a  foot  of  ground  as  a  farmer,  can  operate  one 
successfully.  I  would  not  be  deprived  of  the  use  of 
this  or  a  similar  machine  for  $1,000.’’ 

“The  silo  machine  was  used  all  last  week  and  is  so 
simple  and  perfectly  satisfactory  that  it  will  be  a  mat¬ 
ter  of  surprise  to  me  if  any  other  kind  of  silo  is  built 
five  years  from  this  time.’’ 


No.  65.  Silo  on  farm  of  Thornton  Perry,  Esq., 
Charles  Town,  W  Va.  J.  Forward,  Builder, 

17  North  Locust  St.,  Hagerstown,  Md. 


Respectlully, 

(Signed) 

J.  FORWARD. 


No.  66.  W.  H.  Anderson,  Owner,  Greece,  N.  Y. 
Built  1910.  Photo  1914 

(See  letter  on  next  page) 


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J.  R.  WORCESTER  &  CO.,  Consulting  Engineers 
97  MILK  STREET,  BOSTON 

Mr.  Walter  R.  Forbush,  July  17,  1913. 

Public  Buildings  Commissioner,  West  Newton,  Mass. 

Your  favor  of  the  16th  inst.  together  with  a  copy  of  your 
Building  Code  has  been  received,  and  we  beg  to  thank  you 
for  the  copy  of  the  Code,  and  for  clearing  up  the  situation  in 
regard  to  Mr,  Caswell's  application  for  a  permit.  We  have 
looked  through  the  Building  Code  with  care,  and  have  noted 
particularly  the  Sections  to  which  you  call  attention.  We 
understand  that  the  proposed  building  is  one  in  which  Terra 
Cotta  Tile  construction  would  be  allowable  for  exterior  walls 
in  accordance  with  Section  No.  236,  and  that  concrete  blocks 
might  be  used  in  accordance  with  Section  No.  237. 

If  we  are  correct  in  this  understanding  of  the  situation  we 
have  no  hesitancy  in  saying  that  in  our  judgment  the  pro¬ 
posed  Van  Guilder  type  of  construction  would  be  equivalent 
to  the  minimum  requirements  of  the  Code.  In  fact  in  our 
opinion  it  would  be  superior  to  either  of  these  types. 

(Signed)  J.  R.  WORCESTER  &  CO. 


ERIC  SMITH,  General  Contractor  and  Builder 
No.  3412  W.  16th  Ave.,  Denver,  Colo.,  July  21,  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Machine  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Received  your  folder  and  instructions  some  six  weeks  ago 
and  have  been  busy  putting  up  a  building,  25x150,  for  Mr.  F.  C. 
Vaille,  near  Fort  Logan,  Colo. 

I  consider  we  have  made  splendid  time  on  this  building. 
I’ve  been  building  houses  and  barns  for  many  years,  having 
lived  in  this  State  30  years,  and  built  from  the  log  cabin  to 
the  skyscraper,  but  I  consider  the  Hollow  Wall  the  “Perfec¬ 
tion”  in  concrete  construction.  I  prefer  your  method  of  build¬ 
ing  and  wish  I  had  known  of  your  machines  a  year  ago.  I 
had  no  trouble  with  the  machine;  from  the  start  everything 
went  on  fine. 

You  can  use  my  name  as  the  first  man  in  Colorado  who  laid 
off  and  constructed  the  first  building  by  your  machine. 

Trusting  that  I  may  hear  from  you  at  an  early  date,  I  am, 
Very  sincerely  yours,  (Signed)  ERIC  SMITH. 


W.  C.  MARSH,  Contractor  and  Builder 

Fort  Madison,  la.,  May  31,  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

I  have  been  going  to  write  you  but  having  been  crowded 
with  work,  have  delayed.  I  am  building  a  two-story  dwelling 
with  basement  under  the  whole  building  7  ft.  clear.  9  ft.  first 
story  and  8  ft.  second  story.  We  are  about  ready  to  put  on 
the  second  floor  joists. 

Our  work  has  been  a  success  from  the  start.  Everything 
comes  up  fine.  We  are  not  trying  to  see  how  fast  we  can  go, 
but  to  do  the  best  quality  of  work.  The  owner  is  around 
three  or  four  times  a  day,  and  he  says :  “I  like  it  better  every 
time  I  see  it.” 

I  advised  him  to  build  this  kind  of  a  dwelling  and  he  said 
it  looked  good  to  him  and  that  if  I  would  build  it  for  $3,500.00, 
the  job  was  mine.  I  told  him  I  would  do  it  and  am  not  sorry 
yet.  Our  local  architect  told  him  that  he  thought  he  would 
probably  have  trouble.  Others  tried  to  talk  him  out  of  build¬ 
ing  this  way  and  said  it  could  not  be  done.  He  replied :  “If 
Marsh  can’t  build  it,  it  can’t  be  done,”  and  it  was  up  to  me. 

The  out  to  out  measurement  is  31x39.  The  basement  is 
built  of  two  6  in_, walls,  balance  two  4  in.  walls.  Our  mix  in 
the  basement  was  1-6,  the  rest  is  1-4  reinforced  as  per  your 
instructions. 

I  have  two  parties  in  the  market  for  silos. 

Would  like  all  the  information  as  to  the  cost  of  silos  as  far 
as  you  can  tell  me.  Yours  respectfully, 

(Signed)  W.  C.  MARSH. 


Necedah,  Wis.,  July  21,  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

In  reply  to  yours  of  a  recent  date  will  state  that  the  ma¬ 
chine  I  bought  of  you  about  two  months  ago  has  been  satis¬ 
factory  thus  far.  I  could  not  get  a  photo  taken  when  I  had 
the  machine  on  my  first  job,  but  inclosed  you  will  find  a  post¬ 
card  picture  of  the  front  of  the  barn  after  commencing  to 
raise  the  roof.  Can  also  state  I  did  the  job  for  $50.00  less 
than  it  would  have  cost  to  have  bought  the  blocks.  The  owner, 
Mr.  O.  I.  Rosgard,  is  well  satisfied  with  the  work. 

Yours  very  truly,  (Signed)  C.  L.  CARLSON. 


W.  H.  ANDERSON  &  CO.,  General  Store 

Greece,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  13,  1914. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : — 

You  will  undoubtedly  remember  building  a  Van  Guilder 
Hollow  Wall  Silo  on  top  of  the  old  stone  wall  foundation  on 
which  formerly  stood  my  wooden  silo,  which  rotted  out  at  the 
base  and  blew  down.  I  have  used  the  continuous  air  chamber 
concrete  silo  now  four  winters  and  I  must  say  I  feel  very 
proud  of  it.  My  only  regret  is  that  I  did  not  take  down  the 
old  wall  foundation  and  use  the  continuous  air  chamber  in¬ 
stead  from  bottom  to  top,  for  the  reason  that  the  frost  pene¬ 
trates  the  old  stone  base.  In  1911  it  froze  the  ensilage  as 
hard  as  a  rock  for  over  two  feet  in  all  around  the  circumfer¬ 
ence;  whereas,  in  the  hollow  wall  superstructure  no  frost 
whatever  has  ever  developed. 

The  silo  has  required  no  care  or  repairs  and  I  cannot  see 
that  any  will  ever  be  needed.  There  are  no  cracks  inside  or 
out.  I  put  a  coating  of  cement  plaster  on  the  inside  and  the 
ensilage  juices  have  not  affected  it  in  the  least.  Have  never 
found  any  vermin  at  all.  The  ensilage  has  no  tendency  to  dry 
out  at  the  circumference  or  to  freeze.  In  fact,  I  can  find 
nothing  whatever  about  it  to  criticize. 

My  silo  was  the  first  one  ever  erected  with  your  machines 
so  I  did  not  build  very  high  at  first.  Later  I  added  another 
five  feet  which  I  never  stuccoed  as  you  will  see  by  the  photo. 
It  is  as  solid  as  Gibraltar  and  I  would  not  hesitate  to  add 
fifteen  feet  more  if  I  needed  the  room. 

As  I  know  my  brother  farmers  would  be  interested,  I  can 
assure  them  that  they  will  make  no  mistake  if  they  build  with 
the  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  System,  as  my  experience  with 
both  wood  and  concrete  has  satisfied  me  beyond  any  possible 
doubt  whatever.  Yours  very  truly, 

(See  cut  66.)  (Signed)  W.  H.  ANDERSON. 


Stock  Yards  Station,  Forth  Worth,  Texas, 

Dec.  15,  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Company,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Dear  Sirs: — 

Received  your  letter  a  few  days  ago.  I  have  completed  one 
small  house  with  your  machine,  two  three  inch  walls  giving 
perfect  satisfaction,  but  sorry  I  won’t  be  able  to  send  you 
photograph  of  same  as  I  am  unable  to  arrange  matters  at 
present.  I  have  had  two  inquiries,  one  from  Huston  Heights, 
Texas,  and  one  from  Seagoville,  Texas.  I  do  not  think  the 
machine  is  misrepresented  in  any  way,  and  it  does  all  that  is 
claimed  for  it.  I  am  perfectly  satisfied  with  it  and  every  one 
that  has  seen  the  work  is  perfectly  pleased  with  it  and  thinks 
it  is  the  proper  way  to  build  a  good  house. 

Very  truly  yours, 

(Signed)  C.  BELMONT. 


Alderson,  Pa.,  June  16,  1913. 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Dear  Sirs : — 

I  suppose  you  wonder  that  I  have  not  written  you  of  how 
I  succeeded  using  your  Hollow  Wall  Machine.  I  had  some 
little  trouble  at  first,  that  came  from  inexperience.  When  I 
had  the  first  story  completed  I  had  no  further  trouble.  I 
built  the  walls  for  the  building,  30x40  ft.,  18  ft.  high,  in  12 
days  with  the  assistance  of  two  Hungarian  laborers  and  one 
helper  and  myself.  At  first  the  work  seemed  to  progress  very 
slowly.  I  soon  learned  I  was  making  better  progress  than 
with  a  wood  structure.  I  have  not  completed  my  building, 
as  I  had  other  work  that  had  to  be  taken  up  at  once. 

I  am  at  present  building  with  brick  in  the  City  of  Wilkes- 
Barre.  I  do  not  think  this  makes  as  good  walls  as  your 
machine.  I  had  taken  this  work  before  I  purchased  your 
machines.  I  cannot  erect  brick  walls  as  fast  or  as  cheap  as 
I  can  your  Hollow  Walls. 

I  have  at  present  more  work  on  hand  than  I  can  handle. 
I  have  one  hotel  to  build  with  the  Hollow  Wall  machines. 
This  hotel  was  recently  destroyed  by  fire.  Can  also  get  a 
$6,500  residence  and  a  garage.  The  parties  have  made  a 
thorough  examination  of  my  house  and  are  well  pleased  with 
the  walls. 

You  can  use  my  name  for  reference  to  any  persons  who 
may  wish  to  look  at  my  building  or  ask  any  questions,  so  far  as 
my  experience  will  permit  Yours  truly, 

(Signed)  H.  S.  MAJOR. 


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ESTIMATED  COST 

- OF - - 

Van  Guilder  Double  Wall  Concrete  Construction 

And  Comparison  of  Same  with  Wood,  Block,  Brick  and 

Tile  Construction 


Net  Cost  for  Builders’  Use 

It  is  a  proverb  that  “Comparisons  are  odious.” 
Nevertheless  every  expert  builder  and  mason  who  in¬ 
vestigates  our  construction  WANTS  TO  KNOW  at 
the  very  beginning  what  is  the  COST  of  construction 
of  our  walls  compared  with  other  methods. 

Based  on  prices  as  quoted  in  statement  given  below 
for  dwelling  house  construction,  the  cost  of  Van  Guil¬ 
der  double  concrete  walls,  each  wall  4-in.  thick  with 
22'2-in.  continuous  air  space  between  them,  ready  to 
plaster  on  the  inside  and  ready  to  stucco  on  the  out¬ 
side,  compared  with  other  constructions  is  as  follows: 

C  Sq.  Ft. 

Van  Guilder  walls  at  $0.12  (lc  extra,  reinforced) 


Frame  walls  at . 16 

Brick  walls  at . 22  to  .33 

Tile  walls  at . 19  to  .24 

Block  walls  at . 23  to  .25 


These  estimates  are  made  on  plain  walls. 

Extra  labor  for  corners,  openings,  floor  joists,  etc., 
on  Van  Guilder  walls  would  be  about  the  same  as  for 
brick  or  block  construction,  but  not  so  much  as  in  tile 
construction.  These  estimates  do  not  include  super¬ 
intendence  or  contractor’s  profits. 

Cost  of  Van  Guilder  Double  Concrete 
Walls  with  Continuous  Air 
Chamber 

The  Van  Guilder  machines  build  the  walls  in  9  1-3 
inch  courses  around  the  building,  one  course  above  the 
other,  all  knitted  together  and  bonded  into  a  double 
monolithic  wall. 

One  cubic  yard  bank  sand  and  gravel  and  one  barrel 
Portland  Cement  make  43  linear  or  running  feet  9  1-3 
inches  high  of  double  wall,  each  wall  4  inches  thick 
equal  to  32  square  or  surface  feet. 

One  operator  on  the  machine  and  three  or  four 
helpers  (the  number  depending  on  conditions),  will 
build  that  amount  of  wall  in  one  hour. 


For  Example 

To  build  32  square  or  surface  feet  of  double  wall 
each  4  inches  thick  will  cost  as  follows,  basing  esti¬ 


mate  on : 

1  cubic  yard  sand  and  gravel  at . $1.00 

1.  barrel  Portland  Cement  at .  1.40 

1  hour  for  operator  at . 60 


1  hour  each  for  four  helpers  at  20c.  . .  .80 

$3.80 

$3.80  divided  by  32  square  feet  is  12c  per  SQUARE 
OR  SURFACE  FOOT  for  cost  of  double  4-inch  walls 
ready  to  plaster  inside  and  stucco  outside.  (No  lath¬ 
ing  required.) 

These  figures  are  for  one  to  six  standard  mix,  that 
is  one  part  cement  to  six  parts  sand  and  gravel.  One 
to  eight  mix  will  cost  lc  less  for  cement  per  surface 
foot. 

Cost  of  Wood  Construction 

Material  used  2x4  studding,  in.  sheathing,  pine 
clap  boards,  pine  lath  and  good  grade  of  building 


paper. 

Basing  estimate  on 

Rough  Lumber  at,  per  M . $27.00 

Siding  at,  per  M .  40.00 

Carpenter  Work  at,  per  day .  3.75 


the  frame  walls  will  cost  $0.16  per  square  or  surface 
foot  including  10  per  cent  for  waste.  This  is  the  ap¬ 
proximate  cost  per  square  foot  for  the  outside  walls  of 
a  frame  house,  lathed  ready  to  plaster  on  the  inside 
and  ready  to  paint  on  the  outside. 

Cost  of  Brick  Construction 

Basing  estimate  on 


Brick,  per  M . $8.00 

Mortar,  per  M .  LOO 

Mason,  per  day .  4.80 

Helper,  per  day  .  2.50 


the  brick  walls  will  cost 

8-in.  thick  $0.22  per  square  or  surface  foot. 
12-in.  thick  .33  per  square  or  surface  foot. 

We  have  not  added  cost  of  furring  and  lathing  as 
this  cost  on  inside  of  brick  walls  will  be  offset  by  cost 
of  stucco  on  outside  of  Van  Guilder  walls. 


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Cost  of  Tile  Construction 


Basing  estimate  on 

8-in.  x  12  in.  x  12-in.  Tile,  each . $0.08 

12-in.  x  12-in.  x  12-in.  Tile,  each . 12 

Mason,  per  day .  4.80 

Helper,  per  day  .  2.50 


Furring  and  lathing,  per  square  foot.  .  .  .03 

the  tile  walls  will  cost,  ready  to  plaster  inside  and 
stucco  outside : 

8-in.  thick  $0.19  per  square  or  surface  foot. 
12-in.  thick  .24  per  square  or  surface  foot. 

Cost  of  Cement  Block  Construction 

Basing  estimate  on 

8-in.  x  8-in.  x  24-in.  Blocks,  each.  ..  .$0.18 
8-in.  x  12-in.  x  24-in.  Blocks,  each...  .20 


Mason,  per  day  .  4.80 

Helper,  per  flay  .  2.50 

Furring  and  lathing,  per  sq.  foot . 03 


the  cement  block  walls  will  cost,  ready  to  plaster  in¬ 
side  and  stucco  outside: 

8-in.  thick  $0.23  per  square  or  surface  foot. 

12-in.  thick  .25  per  square  or  surface  foot. 

Construction  with  Faced  Blocks  is  about  the  same, 
the  extra  first  cost  of  the  blocks  being  offset  by  saving 
the  stucco  finish. 

Hollow  Block  Cellar  Walls  12-in.  thick  cost  about 
19c  per  square  foot  laid  (not  plastered). 


12  in.  brick  walls  are  often  necessary  on  work  where 
Van  Guilder  double  4-in.  walls  would  be  used,  as  Van 
Guilder  walls  are  one-half  stronger  than  brick  walls 
of  same  thickness. 

12-in.  1  ile  wall  is  not  as  strong  as  Van  Guilder 
double  4-in.  concrete  walls. 

A  12-in.  Cement  Block  wall  is  not  nearly  so  strong 
as  a  Van  Guilder  double  4-in.  Concrete  wall. 

Some  builders  plaster  directly  on  tile  and  cement 
block  walls  but  it  is  positively  not  safe  to  do  so  as 
dampness  and  frost  will  follow  the  cores  through  tile 


or  block.  By  water-proofing  them  some  of  the  damp¬ 
ness  may  be  kept  out  but  the  frost  will  go  through  and 
cause  condensation  which  injures  the  decorations. 

Frame  houses  will  constantly  need  repairs  and  paint¬ 
ing  and  in  time  will  decay,  whereas  the  Van  Guilder 
walls  when  once  finished  will  never  decay.  They  will 
be  fireproof,  everlasting  and  need  no  repairs. 

Reinforcing 

The  cost  of  reinforcing  Van  Guilder  walls  for  ordi¬ 
nary  houses  is  about  lc  per  square  foot.  This  includes 
a  No.  9  galvanized  wire  running  horizontally  around 
the  building  in  the  center  of  both  walls  in  every  9  1-3 
inch  course  and  No.  6  galvanized  ties  laid  across  the 
air  chamber  every  two  feet  apart  on  every  9  1-3  inch 
course  to  bind  the  walls  together,  also  y2  inch  twisted 
steel  reinforcing  rods  over  all  window  and  door  open¬ 
ings. 

Builders  can  usually  purchase  very  cheaply  second 
hand  wire  for  re-inforcing  and  ties  which  answer  the 
purpose  just  as  well  as  new  wire. 

These  figures  for  material  and  labor  on  Van  Guilder 
Walls  can  be  reduced  very  materially  outside  of  the 
cities  where  sand  and  gravel  are  natural  resources  and 
can  generally  be  obtained  for  the  hauling  and  where 
labor  is  cheaper  and  ten  hours  make  a  day’s  work. 

For  Example 

Figure  sand  and  gravel  at  50c  per  cubic  yard,  cement 
at  $1.40  per  barrel,  operator  30c  per  hour  and  three 
helpers  at  \7l/2c  per  hour  each.  On  this  basis  the  walls 
would  cost  only  8*4c  per  surface  foot  and  if  cement  is 
mixed  one  to  eight,  cost  would  be  reduced  to  7^4 c  per 
square  or  surface  foot. 

A  farmer  who  can  spare  four  or  five  hours  a  day  of 
his  own  time  and  men  for  a  few  days  and  run  the  ma¬ 
chine  himself  can  put  up  his  barns  and  other  farm 
buildings  for  no  money  outlay  except  for  cement  which 
would  cost  about  4j4c  per  surface  foot,  mixed  one  to 
six,  or  Zl/2  per  surface  foot,  mixed  one  to  eight.  The 
buildings  would  cost  less  than  the  cheapest  frame  con¬ 
struction,  would  be  warmer  in  winter,  cooler  in  sum¬ 
mer,  damp  proof,  frost  proof  and  vermin  proof.  The 
walls  would  be  fireproof,  everlasting  and  never  need 
repairs. 


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PRICE  LIST 


Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Machines,  Attachments, 

Partition  Machines  and  Mixers. 


GENERAL  BUILDERS  OUTFIT 


As  an  aid  to  those  who  are  not  familiar  with  our  construction  in  selecting  an  outfit  and  that  they  may 
have  an  outfit  that  will  enable  them  to  work  most  economically  and  to  the  best  advantage  in  every  way  we 
earnestly  advise  Contractors  and  Builders  to  purchase  Combinations  “F”,  “J”,  “G”  and  “P”. 


Combination  “F”  2- machine  system . $175.00 

“J”  Window  Attachment .  35.00 

“G”  Pilaster  and  Chimney  Attachment .  25.00 

“P”  Partition  machine . 85.00 


Discount  when  purchashed  together  . . . 

(See  description  of  equipment  in  detail  on  the  following  pages.) 


$320.00 

30.00 

$290.00 


EQUIPMENT 

Price  Shipping  Wgt. 

Combination  “F”,  “G”,  “J”  and  “P”  purchased  together . $290.00  525  lbs. 

“F”,  “G”  and  “J”  purchased  together .  225.00  385  “ 

“F”  and  “J”  purchased  together . 200.00  350  “ 

“  “F”  and  “G”  “  “  . .  200.00  335  “ 

“F”  2-machine  system .  175.00  300  “ 

“J”  Window  Attachment .  35.00  65  “ 

“G”  Pilaster  and  Chimney  Attachment .  25.00  55  “ 

“  “H”  Corner  Pilaster  .  20.00  35  “ 

“P”  Partition  Machines .  85.00  150  “ 

“K”  Bay  Window  Attachment .  35.00  15  “ 

“  “S”  3 -Wall  2-Air  Chamber  Machine .  150.00  325  “ 

“N”  Double  Wall  Silo  Machine  (Send  inside  diameter  of  silo) .  100.00  200  “ 

“  “O”  Single  “  “  “  “  “  “  “  .  75.00  175  “ 

“M”  One  Machine  System .  100.00  200  “ 


Terms  and  Instructions  for  Sending  Orders 

All  prices  are  Net  Cash  f.  o.  b.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  for  delivery  in  the  States  and  f.  o.  b.,  Toronto,  Ont. 
for  delivery  in  Canada.  $25  to  be  sent  with  order.  Bank  draft  for  balance  will  be  attached  to  bill  of  lading 
made  payable  on  arrival  of  goods.  Kindly  state  what  bank  we  shall  make  draft  payable  at  if  you  have  a  pre¬ 
ference.  3 %  DISCOUNT  when  all  cash  is  sent  with  order. 

Write  name  and  address  very  plainly  and  state  whether  we  shall  ship  by  freight  or  express  and  what 
Railroad  line  goods  should  arrive  on.  Give  name  of  freight  station  when  it  is  not  the  same  as  P.  O.  address. 

Make  all  drafts  payable  to  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co.  If  at  some  distance  from  Rochester,  kindly 
send  draft  on  New  York  or  Chicago. 

If  freights  went  through  on  schedule  time,  delivery  by  freight  would  be  fairly  prompt;  but  experience 
has  proved  that  there  is  often  considerable  delay  and  we  recommend  WHEN  PROMPT  DELIVERY  IS 
IMPORTANT  that  you  order  machines  sent  by  express. 

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TERMS  AND  INSTRUCTIONS  FOR  SENDING  ORDERS— Continued. 

If  machines  do  not  arrive  when  wanted  the  loss  caused  by  waiting  is  often  many  times  the  extra  cost  of 
express  charges.  To  save  inconvenience  and  disappointment  we  offer  to  pay  one-half  the  charges  on  all  ship¬ 
ments  by  express  to  points  within  six  hundred  miles  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  or  Toronto,  Can.  On  express  ship¬ 
ments  to  points  more  than  six  hundred  miles  we  will  allow  $1.25  per  hundred  pounds  towards  express 
charges.  No  part  of  charges  will  be  allowed  on  freight  shipments. 

When  ordering  shipments  by  express,  send  $25.00  with  order  and  we  will  ship  C.  O.  D.  for  balance. 
3%  DISCOUNT  when  all  cash  is  sent  with  order. 

Send  all  Orders  and  Correspondence  and  make  drafts  payable  to  VAN  GUILDER  HOLLOW  WALL 
CO.,  718  Chamber  of  Commerce  Building,  ROCHESTER,  N.  Y.  (Both  Phones  608). 


Description  of  Equipment 

Combination  “F”  2-Machine  System 


Needed  by  all  Contractors  and  Builders 


Two  Machine  System,  Showing  Parts  Detached.  Five-foot  Machine, 

Two-foot  Machine  and  Attachments 

For  general  building  purposes  our  two  machine  system,  Combination  “F”  is  necessary.  (See  cut 
No.  101.)  The  five-foot  machine  does  the  straight-a-way  work,  but  there  are  short  places  in  which  it  can¬ 
not  be  used.  In  such  places  the  two-foot  machine  is  indispensible. 

The  Corner  Doors  and  Core  are  coupled  between  the  5-foot  and  2-foot  machines  when  building 
corners.  (See  cut  102  Figs.  6,  7,  8.)  With  this  combination  the  corners  are  built  with  ease  and  dispatch 
and  the  horizontal  reinforcing  is  placed  in  one  piece  around  the  corners. 

By  using  Combination  “J”  with 
Combination  “F”  the  window 
frames  can  be  set  and  built  in  as  in 
brick  construction.  See  page  37. 

Pilasters  and  Chimneys  are 
built  in  the  walls  by  using  Combina¬ 
tion  “G”  with  Combination  “F.” 

See  Page  38. 

Bay-Windows  can  be  built  by 
using  Combination  “K.”  with  Com¬ 
bination  “F”.  See  Page  40. 

The  uses  of  Combination  “F” 
are  fully  explained  in  our  Instruction 
Book  entitled  “How  to  Build  with 
Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Ma¬ 
chines,”  pages  1  to  11  and  18  to  20. 


CUT  NO.  102.  COMBINATION  “F”,  5-ft.  and  2-ft.  Straight 
Machines  coupled  together  to  construct  corner  of  building. 


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Combination  “J”  (Window  Attachments) 

NEEDED  BY  ALL  CONTRACTORS  AND  BUILDERS 


NO.  103.  HALF  OF  COMBINATION  “J” 
coupled  to  2-ft.  machine  by  corner  doors 
6  and  8  and  core  7.  Used  where  wind¬ 
ows  are  close  to  corners. 


CUT  104.  COMBINATION  “J”. 
Window  and  Sill  Attachments.  Weight  45  lbs. 


Combination  “J”  Window  Attachments  should  be  ordered  with  Combination  “F”. 

These  attachments  (See  Cut  104)  consist  of  Two  Heads  like  those  at  the  ends  of  the  machines;  Four 
Plates,  twenty-eight  inches  long  made  to  hook  to  the  Heads;  also  other  small  parts. 

They  practically  take  the  place  of  two  machines  shorter  than  two  feet  and  are  even  more  convenient 
as  they  are  adjustable  to  different  lengths. 

They  can  be  used  only  in  connection  with  Combination  “F”. 

They  are  used  with  either  the  5-foot  or  2-foot  Machines  to  build  up  snug  to  window  frames. 

They  are  used  where  windows  come  so  near  the  corner  that  the  2-foot  machine  cannot  be  used.  In 
such  cases  they  are  coupled  with  Doors  and  Core  from  Combination  “F”.  (See  Cuts  103  and  105.) 

They  are  also  used  to  build  between  two  windows  placed  so  near  together  that  a  2-foot  machine  will 
not  go  between  them. 

Note.  Our  operators  state  that  where  windows  and  corners  are  numerous  one-third  of  the  time  can  be  saved;  that  in 
many  places  they  are  indispensable  and  that  Combinations  “F”  and  “J”  should  always  be  purchased  together. 

Combination  “J”  is  fully  explained  in  the  Instruction  Book,  Pages  14  to  17. 


Price  Combination  “F”  .  $175.00 

Price  Combination  “J”  .  35. CO 

$210.00 

Discount  when  purchased  together .  10.00 

$200.00 


To  do  the  best  work  at  the  least  cost  you  must  have  these  two  Combinations.  The  saving  in  time  by 
having  Combination  “J”,  will  soon  pay  for  the  whole  outfit. 


Experienced  Workmen 

If  you  desire  an  experienced  workman  by  the  day  on  the  walls  of  your  first  building,  we  send  one  who 
not  only  instructs  your  workmen  but  tamps  concrete  and  builds  the  walls.  He  earns  every  cent  it  costs  you 
for  his  expenses  and  wages.  In  a  short  time  you  have  gained  much  valuable  knowledge  and  your  own 
workmen  have  been  well  instructed  and  organized.  Do  not  understand  that  it  is  necessary  to  have  an  expert 
workman.  Far  from  it;  as  ninety  per  cent,  of  our  purchasers  do  not  and  yet  express  great  satisfaction 
at  the  ease  with  which  they  have  mastered  the  work.  But  it  is  a  good  business  proposition  to  have  one,  as 
the  work  goes  smoother  and  quicker  on  the  start.  Our  expert  operators  receive  $5.00  per  day  and  board  while 
on  the  job,  including  time  lost  when  traveling;  also  car  fares  and  expenses  from  and  to  Rochester.  A  ou  can 
charge  this  expense  to  the  construction  work  on  your  first  job  and  be  money  ahead. 

For  large  building  operations  we  can  furnish  superintendents  who  thoroughly  understand  our  construc¬ 
tion,  salary  depending  on  capacity  of  man  desired.  Arrangements  for  superintendents  must  be  made  well  in 
advance. 


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Cut  No.  105  Shows  a  corner  where  a  window  on  one  side  is  so  near  a  corner  that  there  is  not  room  for  a  two-foot 
machine  and  half  of  Combination  “J”  (Fig.  27)  is  used.  If  the  window  on  the  other  side  was  near  the 
corner  the  other  half  of  Combination  “J”  would  be  used  in  place  of  the  two-foot  machine,  Fig.  2 
Figure  94  shows  a  Belt  Course  that  can  be  readily  built  by  adjusting  the  machines  for 
a  thicker  wall  and  carrying  the  projection  on  2x4’s  until  set. 


Combination  “G”  Pilaster  and  Chimney  Attachments 


CUT  106.  COMBINATION  “G” 

Used  in  connection  with  Machines  1  and  2  to  build  pilasters  writh  or  with¬ 
out  flues.  Must  be  used  with  Combination  “F”. 


These  attachments  are  adjustable  from  18  inches  to  28 
inches  wide  and  the  pilaster  may  project  inside  or  outside  the 
building  from  4-inches  to  6-inches. 

Any  other  special  sizes  made  to  order. 

There  is  no  danger  of  fire  from  defective  flues  when 
chimneys  are  built  with  this  attachment. 

You  save  the  cost  of  the  attachments  on  every  chimney 
built.  vSee  Instruction  Book,  “How  to  Build.”  Cuts  21,  22,  23. 


The  Pilaster  and  Chimney  Attachments  are  used  for  building  Pilasters  on  the  walls  where  heavy 
loads  are  to  be  carried.  Vertical  reinforcements  may  be  placed  in  the  Pilasters  to  give  additional  strength. 

Concrete  Chimneys  may  be  built  in  the  pilasters  at  half  the  cost  of  brick  by  inserting  one  or  more 
Flue  Linings  in  place  of  Core.  See  cuts  106-7,  only  a  very  little 
more  concrete  is  used  than  if  the  chimney  were  not  there,  neither 
is  there  much  more  time  consumed  in  building. 


CUT  107.  COMBINATION  “G” 
Pilaster  and  Chimney  Attachment,  with 
Parts  Detached.  Weight  35-lbs. 


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Partition  Machines 
Combination  “P” 


By  using  our  Hollow  Wall  Machines  and 
Partition  Machines  two-thirds  of  your  build¬ 
ing  will  be  fireproof  and  at  a  cost  that  defies 
competition,  even  in  frame  construction. 
By  adding  fireproof  floors  and  roof  you 
will  have  practically  a  fireproof  building, 
costing  little,  if  any,  more  than  if  built 
entirely  of  wood. 

The  sentiment  for  fireproof  construction 
is  continually  growing  more  insistent  and 
will  become  irresistable  when  the  above 
stated  facts  become  generally  known.  Get 
ahead  of  your  competitors.  Purchase 
these  machines  and  be  in  line  to  meet  the 
demand  that  is  already  upon  us.  You  can 
meet  it  in  no  other  way  at  anywhere  near 
the  same  cost. 


Ill  L 


Cut  108.  The  Partition  Outfit  consists  of  all  the  numbered  parts  from 
101  to  112  shown  in  cut,  including  a  Tamper. 

The  Heads  [101)  are  similar  to  those  on  the  ends  of  our  double  wall  ma¬ 
chine.  For  long  work  there  are  two  5  ft.  plates  (102)  to  hook  on  to  the 
Heads  to  make  a  5  ft.  Partition  Machine. 

There  are  two  20  in.  Plates  (103)  to  take  the  place  of  the  long  plates  and 
make  a  Short  Machine  where  5  ft.  machines  cannot  be  used. 

104  are  Corner  plates.  105  Corner  Frames. 

106,  107,  108,  109,  Suspension  Saddle  Rods,  Hooks  and  Chains. 

110  Iron  Templets. 

111-L,  112-R.  Connections  for  turning  right  and  left  hand  corners. 


The  partition  machines  can  be  used 
to  advantage  for  building  solid  walls 
of  all  descriptions — for  fences,  curbs, 
etc. 


No.  109.  Partition  Machine,  showing  corner  attachments  in  place. 
Weight  5  ft.  Machine  70  lbs. 


Details  of  construction  will  be  found 
in  1914  edition  of  Instruction  Book, 
“  How  to  Build  with  Van  Guilder 
Hollow  Wall  Machines.” 


The  machines  are  not  at  all  compli¬ 
cated  and  can  be  easily  put  into  op¬ 
eration  by  following  the  Instruction 
Book. 


Every  Contractor  and  Builder 
should  have  all  the  equipment  de¬ 
scribed  on  this  and  the  three  previous 
pages — Combinations  F.  J.  G.  and  P. 

See  Page  35  for  prices,  terms 
and  instructions  for  sending  orders. 

The  Combinations  on  the  following 
pages  are  for  special  uses. 


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Combination  “H,”  Corner  Pilaster  Plate 


CUT  110.  COMBINATION  “H” 

Corner  Pilaster  Attachment 
Weight  20  lbs. 


This  attachment  is  used  for  constructing  Pilasters  at  the  corners  of 
large  buildings.  Needed  for  heavy  construction  work. 

It  is  adjustable  to  build  pilasters  18  to  24  inches  wide  at  corners  of 
buildings,  and  may  project  on  the  outside  wall  from  4  to  6  inches. 

Any  other  special  sizes  made  to  order. 

See  Instruction  Book,  Cuts  23  and  24. 


Combination  “K,”  Bay  Window  Attachments 


Left 


Right 


Right 


Left 


CUT  111.  COMBINATION  “K”. 

Bay  Window  Attachments,  Weight  35  lbs. 


These  attachments  are  necessary  for  building  bay  windows.  They  are 
Combinations  “F”  and  “J”.  See  Instruction  Book,  Cuts  26,  27,  28,  29,  30. 


used  in  connection  with 


Combination  “S,”  Cold  Storage  Machines 


3-Wall,  2-Air  Chamber  Machines 

for  erecting 

Chemically  Cooled 
Cold  Storage  Plants, 

Commercial  Ice  Houses, 

Farmers’  Fruit  and  Veg¬ 
etable  Cold  Storage 
Houses, |Etc. 

Read  about  Cold  Storage  and  Ice 
Houses  on  page  15  this  Catalog  and  on  pages 

49  to  52  of  Instruction  Book,  “How  to 
Build  with  Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall 
Machines.” 

Tremendous  saving  over  any  other 
method  of  construction. 


CUT  112.  COMBINATION  “S”. 

3-Wall,  2-Air  Chamber  Concrete  Machine  for  Building  Cold 
Storage  Houses  and  Farmers’  Store  Houses.  Weight  200  lbs. 
Machine  5-feet  long.  Outside  walls  may  be  from  3  inches  to  6 
inches  thick.  Middle  wall  4  inches  thick  not  adjustable. 
Air  spaces  each  4  inches  wide,  not  adjustable. 


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Combination  “N” — Double  Wall  Silo  Machines 


Send  inside  diameter  of  silo.  Only  one 
diameter  can  be  built  with  the  same  machine. 


Combination  “O” — Single  Wall  Silo 

Machine 


Cut  113.  Combination  “N.”  Double  Wall  Silo  Machine. 
5  ft.  long.  Weight  125  lbs.  Adjustable  to  build 
two  3  in.  to  6  in.  walls.  Air  chamber 
4  in.  wide,  not  adjustable 


Cut.  114.  Combination  “  O.”  Single 
Wall  Silo  Machines.  5  ft.  long. 
WeightOOlbs.  Adjustable  to  build 
a  single  wall  5  in.  to  8  in.  thick 


To  some  the  saving  in  cost  of  a  single  -wall 
silo  is  of  more  importance  than  the  insulation  of 
double  walls,  and  we  build  a  single  wall  machine 
to  meet  this  demand. 


Both  the  single  and  double  wall  machines 
are  all  metal  and  will  last  for  many  years. 

Granges  should  purchase  one  or  more  for 
the  use  of  their  members,  or  several  farmers 
can  club  together,  making  the  cost  to  each 
very  low. 

A  machine  can  often  be  rented  so  as  to 
return  the  entire  cost  to  the  owner  the  first 
year. 


We  have  been  selling  Double  Wall  Silo 
Machines  since  we  first  started  in  business,  and 
have  to  find  one  dissatisfied  builder  or  owner.  We 
are,  however,  receiving  the  finest  letters  of  appre¬ 
ciation  from  both.  See  pages  7,  31  and  32. 

The  advantage  of  this  machine  is  that  it  builds 
two  entirely  distinct  monolithic  walls  separated 
by  a  continuous  air  space  which  protects  the 
ensilage  from  frost  and  from  the  burning  summer 
heat. 


For  these  reasons  we  recommend  the  Double 
Wall  Silo  Machine. 

Other  advantages  common  to  both  our  single 
and  double  wall  machines  are  that  they  are  very 
light  and  compact — not  cumbersome  to  trans¬ 
port. 

They  are  easy  to  handle  on  the  job  and  their 
operation  is  simple. 

They  require  a  very  small  investment. 

They  construct  silos  at  a  very  low  cost.  See 
Instruction  Book,  “Howto  Build.”  Pages  36 
to  48. 


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Combination  “M”— One  Machine  System 


Barns  and  other  farm  buildings  can  be  erected  with  our  One  Machine  System  Combination  “  M.”  Foundation  walls  and 
square  plain  houses  can  also  be  erected  with  it;  also  retention  and-boundary  walls.  See  Pages  28  and  29. 

When  building  with  one  machine  openings  may  be  made  for  the  windows  and  doors  and  the  frames  be  put  in  after  the 

walls  are  up.  See  Instruction  Book,  “How  to 
Build,”  Pages  26  to  28. 

Many  unfamiliar  with  our  system,  at  first 
thought,  believe  they  cannot  afford  to  purchase 
our  machine  for  a  limited  amount  of  building. 

This  is  a  mistake.  What  determines  its  value  is 
what  it  will  do  and  save. 

A  farmer  who  can  spare  a  little  of  his  own  time 
and  that  of  his  men  and  run  the  machine  himself 
can  put  up  his  barns  and  other  farm  buildings  for 
no  money  outlay  except  for  cement.  The  build¬ 
ings  would  cost  less  than  the  cheapest  frame  con¬ 
struction,  would  be  warmer  in  winter,  cooler  in 
summer,  damp  proof,  frost  proof  and  vermin  proof. 

The  walls  would  be  fireproof,  everlasting  and  never 
need  repairs. 

The  cost  of  the  machines  would  hardly  be  no¬ 
ticed.  They  can  also  be  made  to  return  a  revenue 
by  renting  them  to  others. 

Several  farmers  may  co-operate  and  purchase  an 
outfit. 

Every  grange  should  purchase  one  or  more  for 
the  use  of  its  members. 

For  general  building  operations  Combinations 
F.  and  J.  should  be  purchased. 


Cut  115.  Combination  “M” 

5  ft.  straight  machine  with  an 
attachment  for  building  cor¬ 
ners  when  using  only  one  machine.  The 
cut  shows  the  door  unhooked  and  swung 
back  so  as  to  show  the  wooden  block  in¬ 
serted  to  make  the  continuous  air  chamber 
around  the  corner.  Weight  115  lbs. 

By  changing  the  bolts  in  heads  the  machine  may  be  adjusted  for  con¬ 
structing  either  or  both  walls  3  inches,  4  inches,  5  inches  or  6  inches  thick. 
The  air  chamber  is  not  adjustable,  but  always  2_J4  inches  WIDE. 


See  Page  35  for  Prices,  Terms  and  Instructions  for  Sending  Orders 


Concrete  Mixer  and  Hoist 


Cut  116.  Mixer  and  Hoist 


A  small  mixer  perfectly  adapted  for  use  with  our  machines. 
Mounted  on  steel  trucks.  Light  in  weight;  easily  moved. 
Equipped  with  2^-H.  P.  engine.  With  or  without  Hoist.  With 
or  without  Loader.  Capacity  up  to  50  cu.  yards  per  day. 

Operating  cost  three  to  five  cents  per  hour  for  gasoline.  Hoist 
will  raise  300  lbs.  60  ft.  to  80  ft.  per  minute  at  same  time  concrete 
is  being  mixed. 

SEE  Instruction  Book,  “How  to  Build,”  Page  53. 

[There  is  an  error  in  the  price  of  the  mixer  in  some  of  our 
instruction  books.] 

Further  information  regarding  Mixers  on  request. 


PRICE  OF  MIXERS 

Price  Weight 

On  Skids . $  90.00  750  lbs. 

On  Tracks  with  2$£  H.-P.  Engine .  185.00  1700  lbs. 

On  Trucks  with  2 %  H.-P.  Engine  and  Hoist .  215  00  1900  lbs.  • 


On  Trucks  with  2}4  H.-P.  Engine,  Hoist  and  Eoader..  265  00  2300  lbs. 

TAKE  NOTICE — The  3  per  cent,  discount  for  all  cash  with 
order  is  not  allowed  on  Mixers. 

These  prices  are  net  cash,  f.  o.  b.  factory. 

$25  to  be  sent  with  order.  Bank  draft  for  balance  will  be 
attached  to  bill  of  lading,  made  payable  on  arrival  of  goods. 
Kindly  state  what  bank  we  shall  make  draft  payable  at  if  you  have 
a  preference. 

Send  all  orders  and  correspondence  and  make  checks  and 
drafts  payable  to 

Van  Guilder  Hollow  Wall  Co. 

718  Chamber  of  Commerce  Bldg. 

Rochester,  New  York 


Gillies  Litho.  &  Printing  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


